Magstar 3575-L06 - EMPTY tapes "mountablenotinlib", cannot delete volume/reclaim

[gweston]

I have a Magstar 3575-L06 and am running TSM 4.2.3.1.



I have a bunch of EMPTY tapes that are "mountablenotinlib", and I cannot delete the volumes or reclaim. If I put them in the library, they are never reclaimed. Anyone know what the deal is with this? I'd like to make these tapes scratch so I can use them again. Kind of a waste to let them sit there going unused.



If these cannot be reclaimed, is there a reason why? You'd figure an administrator should be able to forcefully delete any volume from the system should he/she wants to. Why do they get in this state to begin with?



Thanks ahead of time,

Gary.

 

[putergal]

You will need to use the move media command change thel wherestate to mountableinlib. This should delete the volume records for reuse.



putergal













<TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=85%><TR><TD><font class="pn-sub">Quote:</font><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT class="pn-sub"><BLOCKQUOTE>I have a Magstar 3575-L06 and am running TSM 4.2.3.1.



I have a bunch of EMPTY tapes that are "mountablenotinlib", and I cannot delete the volumes or reclaim. If I put them in the library, they are never reclaimed. Anyone know what the deal is with this? I'd like to make these tapes scratch so I can use them again. Kind of a waste to let them sit there going unused.



If these cannot be reclaimed, is there a reason why? You'd figure an administrator should be able to forcefully delete any volume from the system should he/she wants to. Why do they get in this state to begin with?



Thanks ahead of time,

Gary.</BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><HR></TD></TR></TABLE>