Ron, Further to Barrys' reply, The messages you list are not caused by something that RMM does. The ARC0261I is issued because the recycled tape is expiration date protected. Dont worry about it, RMMs processing automatically handles this when the tape is reused.
Sounds like the problem may be that tapes are just not getting released? You listed the release actions and the actions pending but not the volume status. If the volume were released and waiting to be scratched I would expect the pending action 'scratch=Y'. HSM calls EDGTVEXT at recycle time as long as the HSM SETSYS options are correct. Does that cause the volume to be released? What is the MRM TVEXTPURGE parmlib option? What is the volume expiration date ? I am sure that if you look at what RMM tells you you should see whay the volume is not released. Mike Wood RMM Development On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:35:37 -0600, Ron MacRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Ladies&Gentlemen, > I'm sure this is an easy question for anyone who >understands HSM & RMM, unfortunatly I'm not one of them. > >We've been running HSM/RMM without problems for several years. Recently, >not sure exactly when, HSM started spitting out the following msgs when it >freed up a tape. > >ARC0365I BACKUP VOLUME FT1718 NOW AVAILABLE FOR RECYCLE >ARC0261I TAPE VOLUME FT1718 NEEDS TO BE REINITIALIZED > >We have now run out of tapes. >(Actualy faketapes on a flex machine, but I don't think that is relevent.) > >We don't understand why this has started to happen. Our HSM parms were last >changed in 2003. Several people have been playing with RMM so we suspect >it's something in RMM. > >If I list the tape in RMM the actions on release are - >Action on release: >Scratch immediate = N Expiry date ignore = N >Scratch = Y Replace = N Return = N Init = N Erase = N Notify = N >Actions pending: >Scratch = N Replace = N Return = N Init = N Erase = N Notify = N > >We could switch on INIT but we don't want the tapes reinitialised, we just >want to re-use them. > >What changes, presumably in RMM, can have caused the ARC0261I msgs to start? > >Thanks in advance, > >Ron MacRae ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
