Try running a del vol on the volumes and see what happens. If you know there is no valid data on any of them add the discarddata=yes. That is if the label volume doesn't work. If TSM thinks the volumes are valid it will not relabel them.
See Ya' Howard -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stapleton, Mark Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 3:31 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Anr8443e Tape can not be assigned a status of scratch From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Collins, Brenda > I have another issue that I haven't run across previously. I have seen > threads on it in the listserv but not with the resolution I need to find. > > ANR8443E CHECKIN LIBVOLUME: Volume C01861 in library > 3494LIB4 cannot be assigned a status of SCRATCH. > > This is a library that is managed by one server with two additional > servers as library clients. > > I checked the volhist on each server and the only one it shows up on is > the library manager. If I check this tape in as private, it shows one of > the library clients as the owner of the tape, yet there is no volhist for > it and the tape is not recognized on that TSM server. > > It seems the only option left is to assume there is nothing on the tape > and label it with an overwrite. Does anyone else know what to do with a > tape like this? (Unfortunately, I seem to have about 30 tapes in this > condition.) I've seen that in the recent past. In library manager/client environments, there is the occasional orphaned tape. If you're certain there's no usable data on the tape, I'd physically relabel it and do a LABEL LIBVOL with the overwrite=yes parameter and put it back into production. -- Mark Stapleton CDW Berbee System engineer 7145 Boone Avenue North, Suite 140 Brooklyn Park MN 55428-1511 763-592-5963 www.berbee.com
