Hi Alex, Check whether the volume is available in the Tape library list? If you try to restore data from volume which is not physically available in the tape library, system will mark it as unavailable.
You need to get the tape from offsite, load it to your tape library and change the status as read-write and then carry out any restore option. Regards, Rajesh -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Alex Amtrup Sørensen Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 3:24 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Volume unavailable. Hi Great forum, some very good answers. I learn a lot. I have a volume, the volume is unavailable: 08:11:05 TSMSRV01 : q vol * acc=unavail Volume Name Storage Device Estimated Pct Volume Pool Name Class Name Capacity Util Status ------------------------ ----------- ---------- --------- ----- -------- P00341L3 OFFSITE IBM3584_D- 409.6 G 52.1 Filling I have tried: Update vol P00341L3 access=readw . But the volume is unavailable in again after after a while. Also checked the volume into library, library checked the volume correctly out straightaway. Volume Name: P00341L3 Storage Pool Name: OFFSITE Device Class Name: IBM3584_DEV Estimated Capacity: 409.6 G Scaled Capacity Applied: Pct Util: 52.1 Volume Status: Filling Access: Unavailable Pct. Reclaimable Space: 0.0 Scratch Volume?: Yes In Error State?: No Number of Writable Sides: 1 Number of Times Mounted: 6 Write Pass Number: 1 Approx. Date Last Written: 01/12/2011 12:12:11 Approx. Date Last Read: 01/12/2011 05:49:09 Date Became Pending: Number of Write Errors: 0 Number of Read Errors: 0 Volume Location: Volume is MVS Lanfree Capable : No Last Update by (administrator): BATCH Last Update Date/Time: 01/25/2011 21:03:44 Begin Reclaim Period: End Reclaim Period: Drive Encryption Key Manager: None What can I do?? Alex Sørensen Server administrator