Ann,

If you have a copy storage pool of storage pool that contains the
damaged tapes, you can use Update Volume to set Access=Destroyed for
each of the tapes, then run a Restore Stgpool.

Your message refers to  "IBM retain tip H162618."  What is "IBM retain
tip" and where do you find them?  Thanks.

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Ray Pratts
Ray Pratts
Pinnacle Computer Solutions, Houston, Tx
Tel. 281-272-8932    E-mail: pratts AT ibm DOT net


Ann Courchaine wrote:
>
> Hi ADSM'ers!
>      Help!     According to IBM retain tip H162618 ,it seems we have
> acquired a bad batch of tapes for our 3570. This means virtually all the
> tapes in my tape pool are no good. The symptoms are many i/o errors . I
> have set the reclamation threshold to 100 in hopes that ADSM  will stop
> trying to read those tapes. I also checked them all out of the library. My
> theory is that they will expire eventually and I will never have to mount
> those bad tapes again.(We do very little file restoration)
> Any contributions?