Have you tried to use the command line utility to write the label
'dsmlabel'?
James Thompson
>From: Miles Purdy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Problem labelling tapes
>Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 08:26:56 -0600
>
>Hi folks,
>I need some help with this problem since IBM won't support 3.1 anymore. We
>just purchased some new tapes (the 7GB ones) and I recently upgraded to
>3.1.2.50. My problem is that I can't seem to label the new tapes. I have
>tried something like this:
>label libvolume 3575lib search=bulk labelsource=barcode checkin=scratch
>but every time ADSM tries to access the tape I get an error message such
>as:
>01/19/01 07:40:19 ANR8355E I/O error reading label for volume 0790CF
>in
> drive DRIVE3 (/dev/rmt4).
>
>I can really use some help, since we have no scratch tapes left.
>Thanks Miles
>
>
>here is a summary:
>01/19/01 12:19:13 ANR8800I LABEL LIBVOLUME for volume 0790CF in
>library
> 3575LIB completed successfully.
>01/19/01 12:20:40 ANR2017I Administrator SOMERSC issued command:
>CHECKOUT
> libvol 3575lib 0790CF checklabel=no force=yes
>remove=bulk
>
>01/19/01 12:20:56 ANR2017I Administrator SOMERSC issued command:
>CHECKOUT
> libvol 3575lib 0790CF force=yes remove=bulk
>01/19/01 12:20:56 ANR8434I CHECKOUT LIBVOLUME: Operation for volume
>0790CF
> in library 3575LIB started as process 1659.
>01/19/01 12:21:15 ANR8336I Verifying label of 3570 volume 0790CF in
>drive
> DRIVE2 (/dev/rmt2).
>01/19/01 12:21:17 ANR8355E I/O error reading label for volume 0790CF
>in
> drive DRIVE2 (/dev/rmt2).
>01/19/01 12:21:27 ANR8829I Remove volume 0790CF from slot 32 of
>library
> 3575LIB at your convenience.
>01/19/01 12:21:27 ANR8438I CHECKOUT LIBVOLUME for volume 0790CF in
>library
> 3575LIB completed successfully.
>
>
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>Miles Purdy
>System Manager
>Farm Income Programs Directorate
>Winnipeg, MB, CA
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>ph: (204) 984-1602 fax: (204) 983-7557
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