From: Steve Young [mailto:Steve.Young AT NSHS DOT EDU] 
> Is there a process which I can use TSM to manage a tape, not its data.
> 
> To enable support for generic format tapes, like tar or 
> dump.. and just
> have TSM Checkin, mount on demand - return local drive that 
> it was mounted in, umount, and Checkout..

Nope. In fact, the attempt to use non-TSM tape volumes with TSM can
cause TSM to overwrite the data on the non-TSM tape volume.
 
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