Thank you, that did indeed fix it. Seems counter-intuitive to me since it was already to not expire.
On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Christian Birr < [email protected]> wrote: > Set the expiration date to a value in the future, this should clear the > "pending release" state... > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] Im > Auftrag von Mark Pace > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. Mai 2015 17:12 > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: Stop RELEASE of a tape > > Thanks, Christian - but entering CH takes me to the Change Volume panel - > and I don't see what it is I change to stop the release. The expiration > date is set to 1999/365. The tape did not expire. > > On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Christian Birr < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Put an S in front of SCRATCH and the volumes will be listed... > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > > Im Auftrag von Mark Pace > > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. Mai 2015 16:58 > > An: [email protected] > > Betreff: Re: Stop RELEASE of a tape > > > > Odd on my Confirm panel I don't have a list of volumes. And only one > > character for Selection. > > > > S Action Location ination Move Type Status > > - -------- -------- -------- --------- --------- > > ERASE UNKNOWN > > INIT UNKNOWN > > NOTIFY UNKNOWN > > REPLACE UNKNOWN > > RETURN UNKNOWN > > SCRATCH PENDING > > > > And the options are these. > > > > C - Confirm the required action. > > U - Unconfirm the already confirmed action. > > S - Create the volume entry summary list. > > > > On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Christian Birr < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Mark, in ISMF, option R, then 3 (adminsitrator), then 1 (volume), > > > then > > > 8 > > > (confirm) and CH in front of the volume(s) you want to preserve > > > should do the trick Christian > > > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > > Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Im Auftrag von Mark Pace > > > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. Mai 2015 16:38 > > > An: [email protected] > > > Betreff: Stop RELEASE of a tape > > > > > > I screwed up and released a tape that I should not have. I have not > > > yet run the process that actually puts the tape in SCRATCH status - > > > so currently it is PENDING RELEASE. > > > > > > Is there some way to reverse that RELEASE? > > > > > > -- > > > The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent > > > Mainline’s positions or opinions > > > > > > Mark D Pace > > > Senior Systems Engineer > > > Mainline Information Systems > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO > > > IBM-MAIN > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO > > > IBM-MAIN > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent > > Mainline’s positions or opinions > > > > Mark D Pace > > Senior Systems Engineer > > Mainline Information Systems > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > -- > The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent > Mainline’s positions or opinions > > Mark D Pace > Senior Systems Engineer > Mainline Information Systems > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent Mainline’s positions or opinions Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
