Stan,
        Have you tried editing the jukebox, volumes tab and removing the
offending entry from loaded volumes, loaded barcodes and loaded slots?

Regards
Bob 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: EMC NetWorker discussion 
>[mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On Behalf Of Stan Horwitz
>Sent: 27 November 2006 14:18
>To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
>Subject: [Networker] Faulty device status info
>
>I had an backup fail on me over the holiday weekend. This is 
>on a Sony PetaSite connected via fibre to a Sun Solaris 9 
>server. I think the tape cartridge was faulty. The problem is, 
>I can't seem to convince NetWorker 7.2.1 to that this 
>particular tape cartridge is no longer receiving data. I used 
>my tape library's GUI to remove that tape, but NetWorker 
>insists its still being written to, even though the NetWorker 
>GUI and "nsrjb -C" both indicate the tape drive in question is 
>not loaded with anything.
>
>Does anyone have any tricks that would allow me to change the 
>status of this device so that I can use it again without 
>shutting down the NetWorker software or doing a reboot? I 
>tried killing off the relevant nsrmmd process, so perhaps 
>that's what is causing this problem.
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