Hi Hope are there any error messages, there should be because if you do a q vol xxxxx it returns somthing right? Volume name, stgpool etc, if thats the case you cannot update the volume to scratch because it still contains data, do a q cont <volumename> count=100 I think the tape is propabbly not readable anymore, when TSM cant read the label of a volume it changes state to unavailable so it is not mounted again. If TSM cant read the label of a scratch tape it changes the state of the tape to private so it's not used again.
Last try del vol <volume_name> and check the actlog, if it says can't delete volume xxx because it still contains data do a move data on the volume, if that fails restore the volume from copypool, if thats not available delete vol <volume_name> discard=yes and hope none of the data on it was deleted from the original source :-( Best Regards Markus Veit An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kopie: Thema: TSM Volumes [EMAIL PROTECTED] U Received : 30.12.2002 15:09 Bitte antworten an "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" I was wondering if someone could help me out. I have a 3583 tape library with a x330 windows 2000 server running TSM 5.1.5. I have a volume that is listed in both the vol and libv lists. The volume is marked as private, has no data on it and is also unavailable. I would like to make it available scratch, but cannot. The only thing I've been able to do is check the volume out of the library. Any suggestions? Hope Zaleski Assistant Network Administrator Carthage College Kenosha Wisconsin 262-551-5748