Yep, that will do it.
If you have a manual tape library, and a mount is requested and not
satisfied, the tape is marked "unavailable".
At least I know that's how it happens on my NT ADSM server..

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John C. Wranovics [SMTP:johnw AT FREDRICKGROUP DOT COM]
> Sent: Friday, February 19, 1999 8:27 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: Tape Unavailable
>
> NO the tape is in good condition with no entries in logs.. Some suggested
> that when the mount request expires it sometimes set the tape to
> unavailable
> This may be the case as the request comes during the night and no one is
> here to mount till the a.m.
>
> I'm going to extend the mount request time and see if that helps.
>
> Thanks,         John
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Hilton Tina <HiltonT AT TCE DOT COM>
> To: <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> Sent: Friday, February 19, 1999 8:05 AM
> Subject: Re: Tape Unavailable
>
>
> >I only get this when the tape is considered damaged by the library or the
> >library "loses" it.  Did you get any errors in the activity log?  How
> about
> >the system log (syslog on MVS, errpt on AIX)?
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: John C. Wranovics [SMTP:johnw AT FREDRICKGROUP DOT COM]
> >> Sent: Friday, February 19, 1999 7:55 AM
> >> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> >> Subject:      Tape Unavailable
> >>
> >> I have a problem in that the current "filling" tape gets set to
> >> unavailable
> >> ....
> >>
> >> Does anyone have any idea what would automatically set a active filling
> >> tape
> >> to an unavailable status ?
> >>
> >> This is not a one time occurrence it happens all the time and the
> system
> >> then requests a scratch tape. If I cancel the migration set the tape to
> >> read/write and restart the migration process it woks fine. All
> throughout
> >> the day I check the status until I leave and it remains read/write.
> When
> I
> >> return in the morning it's status is unavailable and the system is
> waiting
> >> for a scratch tape.
> >>
> >> Thanks for any help in advance.
> >>
> >> John
> >