I would try to move the data that is on that tape to another tape first. move data <volume>
then if everything gets moved, you can change the status to scratch. Gerald Michalak Certified TSM V5 Administrator "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 05/12/2009 04:55:02 PM: > Hi list, > > How can I change the status of a particular tape in the LTO Library > to SCRATCH considering that there is still not expired data on it? > > Is there any way to expire this data or tell TSM to ignore it and > change the tape to SCRATCH? > > Thanks > > Mario