Use an empty "Full" tape?

[Toyens]

Hi all,

One of the 2 drive in my library broke few weeks ago. I ordered a new one but won't receive it before a few weeks. Almost all my tape are used but lots of them are in Full status but the pct util is under 1% or at 0.0. Because I only have 1 tape drive I can't do reclaim. Or is there a way to do reclaim with only one drive? Or is there a way to use a tape in Full status as a scratch?

Thank for your help.

 

[marclant]

Or is there a way to do reclaim with only one drive?

Yes: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledg...com.ibm.itsm.srv.doc/t_reclaim_one_drive.html

Or is there a way to use a tape in Full status as a scratch?

If the volume is not empty, because 0.0% used doesn't mean empty. It could be 0.01% used. You can move the data to your diskpool (the same one your backup goes to):

move data {volume_name} stgpool={diskpool}

This will return it to scratch, and the data in the diskpool will return to tape during the next migration.

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If you do a q content on that volume and there is truly no data, then you can do:

update libvolume {library name} {volume name} status=scratch

 

[Toyens]

Thank for your help.

It's really useful.