Well, it's not the 3494 that causes the ejection, but the application trying to use the tape, which I presume is TSM. It would be worth reviewing its error messages, and any in your OS log, before going further.
I'm not aware of any way of rewriting tape labels without disturbing the rest of the tape: the rewriting resets the tape contents, due to the nature of serial media, which historically cannot be randomly updated.
I think your recourse is to attempt to employ an OS utility to copy the tape contents (beyond the label) to a replacement tape which has been labeled the same as the original. Then you can transfer the barcode label from the damaged tape to the replacement, and retire the cripple.
Richard Sims
On Apr 29, 2005, at 6:39 AM, David Nicholson wrote:
Hi List,
I have a 3590J with a damaged internal label. The 3494 library ejects that cartridge when I try to use it. The cartridge has obviously been abused (the case is cracked), but I would like to get the data off of it without having to bring all of my copypool volumes back from the vault. Is there a way to re-write the internal label with the same volser without loosing the data on the tape? I would then hope I could get a majority of the data off the tape..
Thanks in advance!
Dave
