Dat, Q VOL will only show SCRATCH tapes that have data on them, or DEFINED tapes (when you use the define vol command), or sometimes (as you've captured below), you will also see SCRATCH tapes that are EMPTY - this will be because:
* They recently became empty and TSM hasnt yet deleted them (returning them to the "scratch pool") - very rare, * They are empty and offsite (as your example is below), (Offsite SCRATCH volumes that are empty, remain in Q VOL so that you can bring them back onsite - as soon as you mark them as onsite, they will be deleted from Q VOL). Now, if your tapes are empty and in your library and you CANT see them with q VOL, then you will be able to see the with Q LIBV. If you do a HELP UPDATE VOL - it'll tell you when TSM will delete SCRATCH volumes from Q VOL. To answer your question, do you need to relabel them - no. (You would only need to relabel tapes if they were used by something outside of TSM - which overwrote the TSM label.) ...deon --- Have you looked at the A/NZ Tivoli User Group website? http://www.tuganz.org Deon George, IBM Tivoli Software Engineer, IBM Australia Office: +61 3 9626 6058, Fax: +61 3 9626 6622, Mobile: +61 412 366 816, IVPN +70 66058 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ibm.com/tivoli "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 24/10/2003 10:34:24 AM: > Hi, > > I got LTO tapes that that was labelled into a 3583 library some months back, > now when i do a query volume, ie > > q vol gpc027 f=d > > I get a message: > > ANR2034E QUERY VOLUME: No match found using this criteria. > ANS8001I Return code 11. > > > If the tape has expired as tape as part of the system policy, wouldnt i get > a message like below, eg Volume Status: Empty: > > Volume Name: GPC093 > Storage Pool Name: COPYSAP_LOG1 > Device Class Name: LTOCLASS > Estimated Capacity (MB): 0.0 > Pct Util: 0.0 > Volume Status: Empty > Access: Offsite > Pct. Reclaimable Space: 0.0 > Scratch Volume?: Yes > In Error State?: No > Number of Writable Sides: 1 > Number of Times Mounted: 3 > Write Pass Number: 1 > Approx. Date Last Written: 08/04/2003 03:33:02 > Approx. Date Last Read: 08/02/2003 15:04:23 > Date Became Pending: > Number of Write Errors: 0 > Number of Read Errors: 0 > Volume Location: > Last Update by (administrator): SCRIPT > Last Update Date/Time: 08/04/2003 11:31:55 > > > > Can someone confirm if at this stage i will need to to relabel the tape into > the library. > > Thank you > > Dat Vo > System Administrator > > ################################################# > > > ***** CONFIDENTIAL ***** > > We apologise if this message has been sent to you in error. We are > committed to protecting the confidential information of our > customers, our vendors and GPC Electronics. If you have received > this message in error, we would appreciate you removing it from your > system and informing us of the error, so that we may continue to > improve our processes. > > Please note that whilst we check our outgoing mail, you should also > check any attachments for viruses and defects before opening them or > sending them on. > > > Thank you. > > > #################################################
