Search the activity log for the reason the tape is being put back to Private 
status. Things such as write-protected tape, tape not
labelled and you don't have AUTOLABEL=YES defined for the library, I/O error,...

Bill Boyer
"Backup my harddrive? How do I put it in reverse?" - ??


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
TSM User
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 4:10 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Volumes Private

The volumes released from a storage pool (Volume Type: STGDELETE) continue with 
status = private.

To fix "UPDate LIBVolume TS3200 AA0038L3 STATus = SCRatch", but was again put 
in Private

Thanks