I do not know if TMS can declare tapes as "EDM, externally managed" If
yes, you wont have such tapes any more. We are using CA1 as tape
management system.
In CA1 we said that every tape created by jobname ADSMxxx has to be
flagged as Externally managed. It means CA1 will not expire the tape.
A special exit has been delivered by ADSM and allows ADSM to
automatically free the tape in the CA1 catalog. That's it!
Bonne journée, René Lambelet

>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Schumack, Wayne [SMTP:SchuW01 AT NORWEST DOT COM]
>Sent:  Monday, May 05, 1997 3:56 PM
>To:    ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject:       Re: Tapes Not Used According to ADSM
>
>Sherry,
>One way you could do this is to do a compare of the volumes ADSM thinks
>it has under its control with a TMS report of ASDM volumes.  The
>difference would be those tapes which are being erroneously held.
>
>The ADSM list could be generated via the Storage Pool view in the GUI
>(print list to file)  The TMS report can be generated using the TMSGRW
>report (selecting on flags, dataset name, etc.).  The campoare could be
>done via SAS or some other pgm.
>This should work for the storage pool tapes.  I'm sure there is a way to
>list out all the others (database bkp, etc.)
>Let me know if you need a copy a compare pgm.  I have a simple one
>written in SAS that does the job.
>
>Regards.
>
>
>> ----------
>> From:         Sherry L
>> Jackson[SMTP:Sherry_L_Jackson AT EMAIL.WHIRLPOOL DOT COM]
>> Sent:         Monday, April 28, 1997 9:48 AM
>> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>> Subject:      Tapes Not Used According to ADSM
>>
>>      We are currently running MVS 2.1.02 server with several UNIX
>> clients.
>>      TMS is our tape system on MVS.
>>
>>      The problem we are having is ADSM will call for a tape and TMS
>> marks
>>      the tape as belonging to ADSM.
>>
>>      ADSM will decide to not use the tape for whatever reason.
>>      Accordingly, the tape then is still in the possession of ADSM
>>      according to TMS, but ADSM says I don't know anything about that
>> tape.
>>
>>      How do we get the tape returned to TMS's scratch pool.
>>
>>      We are very back maintenance and are having a heck of a time
>> trying to
>>      get this scheduled for maintenance through another group.
>>
>>      Sherry Jackson
>>      Technical Analyst
>>      Whirlpool Corporation
>>