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

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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...
> >
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> > 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-----
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> > > [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?
> > >
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