Joon,
Tapes with FF00, it means they cannot check in as scratch, because the tapes
have un-expired data. That's why TSM is smart enough won't check in as
scratch, but they can check in as private.
Tapes can be check in again as scratch after all data are expired.
Ming Lau
System Administrator,
Lam Research
-----Original Message-----
From: Chi, Hyeong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 2:35 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Tapes in insert(FF00) mode in 3494
Hi,
In 3494 tape library I've found dozens of 3590 tapes in insert(FF00) mode. I
tried checkin command with search=yes, status=scratch, devtype=3590 but it
didn't bring tapes into scratch mode. Instead, running checkin every single
volumes without specifying search option did work.
Now my questions are:
1. why or what makes tapes go to insert status?
2. How do I bring them back to scratch status without checkin one by one?
Server is 3.7.4 on aix4.3.3.
Thank you in advance.
Joon Chi
APTEA
