If you don't want to change the REUSEDELAY but force some tapes back to scratch, I believe you can do a delete vol on them and they will got to empty. If they are in the library, they will go to scratch. I use this on my primary tapes when I run out of scratches and need a scratch tape for DB backup.
-- Phillip Ford Senior Software Specialist Corporate Computer Center Schering-Plough Corp. (901) 320-4462 (901) 320-4856 FAX [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 3:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Changing tape vol from pending status to readwrite The tapes stay in PENDING status until the REUSEDELAY days (set in the parms for the storage pool) have elapsed. To make them go back to READWRITE, you either have to wait, or change the REUSEDELAY parm. After the REUSEDELAY has elapsed, I think TSM checks about once an hour for tapes that need to be set back to empty/readwrite. You can't force them, as far as I know. -----Original Message----- From: Ron Lochhead [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 3:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Changing tape vol from pending status to readwrite TSM = 5.11 OS= Win2K I have many tapes in my tapepool which show status as pending. I am trying to upd the status to readwrite so I can use the tapes now. I realize that the pending will automatically change to readwrite at a certain time period. Can I move to readwrite now? I have already tried to use, upd vol volname access=readwrite but when I check by q vol the vol status still is set at pending. Thanks for any help. Ron ********************************************************************* This message and any attachments is solely for the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, disclosure, copying, use or distribution of the information included in this message is prohibited -- Please immediately and permanently delete.
