You need to delete the tape from the Volume history.

Use this command carefully. 
del volh todate=today tot=now type=remote volume=t00015 force=y

Raise your hand if you use volsers starting with "T".

Andy Huebner

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Clark, Margaret
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 2:09 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] rarely, tapes become logically unusable?

I suppose you've tried DELETE VOLUME T00015 DISCARDDATA=YES   ?
- Margaret Clark

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Allen S. Rout
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 11:34 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] rarely, tapes become logically unusable?

Hi, there.

I have a small collection of tapes which appear to have become
uncorrectably unusable.  They were part of a server which has been
decomissioned; now




tsm: CTRL>UPDATE LIBVOLUME 3592LIB T00015 status=private owner=GLMAIL
ANR9787E The owner name specified is not defined to this server.
ANS8001I Return code 11.


tsm: CTRL>UPDATE LIBVOLUME 3592LIB T00015 status=private owner=blargh
ANR8969E The owner of volume T00015 can not be updated to owner BLARGH.
ANS8001I Return code 27.


So, somewhere in its black little heart, TSM remembers what server
that tape went with, depite the fact that the server has been off
since 2005.  On the one hand this is good: it prevents me from
accidentally overwriting tapes.  On the other hand, it's now
preventing me from deliberately overwriting tapes.

What do I do?  Ideally, I'd like to express to the server something
like 'No really, call that blank again, I'd like to reuse it'.
Relabel it, force=yes, checkin=scratch?


Any ideas?

- Allen S. Rout


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