Search the activity log for the reason the tape is being put back to Private status. Things such as write-protected tape, tape not labelled and you don't have AUTOLABEL=YES defined for the library, I/O error,...
Bill Boyer "Backup my harddrive? How do I put it in reverse?" - ?? -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TSM User Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 4:10 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Volumes Private The volumes released from a storage pool (Volume Type: STGDELETE) continue with status = private. To fix "UPDate LIBVolume TS3200 AA0038L3 STATus = SCRatch", but was again put in Private Thanks