You should be O.K. using the command line with the admin client.... label
libv LIBRARYname VOLUMEname overwrite=yes
We had this problem and took us 5 days to figure it out. That's a feature in
5.2....

/hector

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
Scott McCambly
Sent: August 21, 2003 3:28 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Write errors to a DLT1 drive using TSM 5.2 on Windows2003


Hello all,

I try to avoid coming to the forum when I'm having what looks like
software/hardware errors, but this one really has me (and support) stumped.
We have installed a new TSM 5.2.0.0 server on Win2003 with a standalone
DELL PowerVault 110T DLT1 VS80 tape drive.
Testing the drive with Windows utilities and NT Backup prove that the
drive and tape cartridge work fine. We were even able to use DSMLABEL to
label a cartridge while still using the vendor provided device driver.

As soon as we switch to use the TSM 5.2 TSMSCSI.SYS device driver, we
are able to read from the tape (the label at least), but we are not able
to re-label it or write to it in any way.  All TSM tells us is
unfortunately "Write Error" (see messages below from DSMLABEL and the
ACTLOG during our attempted migration to tapepool):

DSMLABEL OUTPUT:
ANR9722I Insert a new volume in drive 'MT6.0.0.2', then enter the name (1-6
characters) to be used for its label; or just press ENTER to quit this
program:
MTL001
ANR9743I Attempting to label volume 'MTL001' using drive 'MT6.0.0.2'...
ANR9726E I/O error writing label for volume 'MTL001' in drive 'MT6.0.0.2'.

ACTLOG OUTPUT:
07/31/2003 15:08:59  ANR0984I Process 9 for MIGRATION started in the
BACKGROUND
                       at 15:08:59.
07/31/2003 15:08:59  ANR1000I Migration process 9 started for storage pool
                       DISKPOOL.
07/31/2003 15:08:59  ANR8326I 001: Mount DLT volume SCRTCH R/W in drive
                       EXT-DRIVE (MT6.0.0.2) of library MANUAL within 120
                       minutes.
07/31/2003 15:09:02  ANR8328I 001: DLT volume MTL001 mounted in drive
EXT-DRIVE
                       (MT6.0.0.2).
07/31/2003 15:09:02  ANR1340I Scratch volume MTL001 is now defined in
storage
                       pool TAPEPOOL.
07/31/2003 15:09:02  ANR1411W Access mode for volume MTL001 now set to
                       "read-only" due to write error.
07/31/2003 15:09:07  ANR8360I Volume MTL001 has been deleted from MANUAL
                       library MANUAL.
07/31/2003 15:09:07  ANR1341I Scratch volume MTL001 has been deleted from
                       storage pool TAPEPOOL.
07/31/2003 15:09:32  ANR8468I DLT volume MTL001 dismounted from drive
EXT-DRIVE
                       (MT6.0.0.2) in library MANUAL.
07/31/2003 15:09:35  ANR8317I The volume in DLT drive EXT-DRIVE (MT6.0.0.2)
                       must be manually ejected.
07/31/2003 15:09:35  ANR8326I 002: Mount DLT volume SCRTCH R/W in drive
                       EXT-DRIVE (MT6.0.0.2) of library MANUAL within 120
                       minutes.

Has anyone experienced this, or does anyone have a similar environment
that is working?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
Scott.