Actually, I thought it stood for Volume Control Region.  This message
means it is invalid, and the tape drive is reading to find the
end-of-data, so as to rebuild the VCR data.  VCR data may become invalid
for a variey of reason, one of which is a write error.  If the VCR data is
successfully rebuilt, the tape should be fine.  If it generates a
"HANDLELOSTVCR" error message, then it could not find the end-of-data.  In
either case, moving the data is best.  I usually track the reuse of the
tape, and return it to the vendor if I see another failure of any kind.

On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Phil Bone wrote:

> VCR stands for "Vital Cartridge Records".  I would liken it to a tape header
> or catalog.  The VCR allows the drive to do fast locates to file positions
> on the  cartridge.  I have seen this error before on our 3590 drives.  Is
> this what you are using?
>
> The safest thing would be to do a "move data" for that volume to copy the
> data to another cartridge.
>
>
> Phil Bone
> Sr. Systems Consultant
> Network Services, Infrastructure Management
> Office: 706.596.5928
> Fax: 706.596.5950
> Email: pbone AT aflac DOT com
> Email: philbone AT mindspring DOT com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lawrence Clark [mailto:Larry_Clark AT THRUWAY.STATE.NY DOT US]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 8:48 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: ANR8820W
>
>
> Hi:
> Returning offsite tapes and doing move data after checkin. On a move data
> with a long mount time I saw this message in the activity log:
>
> 12/28/99   08:46:57  ANR8820W Repairing VCR data for Volume 000018 in drive
> 3590RMT1 (/dev/rmt1); mount may be delayed.
>
> What would that be?
>
> Larry Clark
> NYS Thruway Authority
>
>


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