Hi,

You can try to:
1.) Upd libv XX owner=<Remote TSM server> stat=private. This will set
the troubled volume on the library manager to its correct status;
2.) Audit library on the library client. By this the library client will
tell the library manager which volumes he does use, and by this the
library manager will give these tapes the status scratch.

It worked for me.

Regards,

Karel

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
James R Owen
Sent: vrijdag 20 mei 2005 23:48
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Tape Stuck in Remote Status, but no longer used by library
sharer; what to do?

Andy, et al.
I have no solution, but found your email thread as I'm looking to solve
exactly the same problem.  It's a tough nut to crack!

We have 6 tapes in a shared 3584 w/ exactly that problematic status:
The Library Mgr TSM's VolHistory shows tape as PRIVATE,REMOTE owned by
other TSM, but the other TSM's VolHist has long since finished with the
tapes:
        two were obsolete DBB backups (probably cancelled/aborted)
        the other four show UNKNOWN in the devclass field (dunno why) I
believe these tapes are stuck in a crack in the Share Library reality
and are essentially lost unless someone knows now to remove the "useless
and inappropriate" REMOTE records from the Library Mgr's VolHistory.  If
that can be accomplished, then we can UPDate LIBVolume ....
STATUS=SCRatch to fix the problem.  I've tried CHECKOut LIBVolume... at
the Library Mgr TSM, but that didn't help.  The Library Sharer TSM can
not do the CHECKOut LIBVolume because the library is unknown.  I think
the tapes have fallen into a crack in TSM's reality.  Anybody else have
a better grip on this?
If not, I'll open a PMR.
--
Jim.Owen AT Yale DOT Edu   (203.432.6693)

Andrew Carlson wrote:
> On Fri, 20 May 2005 09:27:39 -0500, Ochs, Duane <Duane.Ochs AT QG DOT COM>
wrote:
>
>> You can do a delete volume ###### discard=yes. This will delete all 
>> references to data on that volume from the TSM database.
>>
>
> I had the volume checked in.  The volume now shows up in q libv:
>
> tsm: TSMLIBM>q libv 3584lib 110544
>
> Library Name  Volume Name  Status      Owner       Last Use   Home
> Device
>                                                               Element

> Type
> ------------  -----------  ----------  ----------  ---------  -------
> ------
> 3584LIB       110544       Private     TSMJ                   1,095
3592
>
> But, since the volume does not show up in TSMJ (actually it was a 
> database backup tape), I cannot delete it.  Any ideas?
>
> --
>
> Andy Carlson - Senior Technical Specialist BJC Healtcare
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