Well, glad I could help. HSM just did what you told him to do: release a tape, regardless of its expiration date. Now back to my EOD beer ;-) Christian
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Mark Pace Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. Mai 2015 17:30 An: [email protected] Betreff: Re: Stop RELEASE of a tape 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
