Check your storage pool and make sure the number of allocated volumes has not reached the "max scratch volumes" value. > Bob Smith - Core Infrastructure EMEA > EDS UK c/o Rolls-Royce plc, Derby UK > tel: 01332 522029 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - EDS userid LZTZ3V > > > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Gerd Becker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 29 May 2001 09:02 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Tape-Volume shows status filling and is 100% full - backup-transaction abends HI *sm'ers My customer has following situation. A tape-volume has status filling and the q volume shows that the tape is 100 % full. The backup-transaction abends with Message "no space available in Storage-Pool". It is a TSM-Server 4.1 for AIX. Mit freundlichen Grüßen / best regards Gerd Becker EMPRISE NETWORK Consulting GmbH Albstr. 14 70597 Stuttgart Tel.: 0711/990083-0 oder Mobil: 0172/4036581 Fax: 0711/990083-9 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +++++++++++++++++++ http://www.emprise.de http://www.s390.de http://www.zseries.de +++++++++++++++++++