Seems reasonably self explanatory to me. Did you lose a volume somewhere along the line? Did you relabel a tape with a new barcode label ( I don't think that could be it as 3590 cartridges require labels and they aren't easily removed)? Do you physically have a tape with label 012413 in the library or on a shelf someplace?
TSM has looked at the internal label on the tape and determined that label already exists on a tape it knows about. It won't relabel that tape for fear that data will be destroyed. Could these tapes be refurbished perhaps? 3590 tapes can't be degaussed so any labeling from the previous owners would still be on the tape. You may have gotten very unlucky in that the new tapes you have have internal labels that match your already existing tapes. The only way around this would be to get the volume 012413 and move the data off of it. TSM should then let you label volume 012591 correctly. Kelly J. Lipp Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc. PO Box 51313 Colorado Springs, CO 80949 [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.storsol.com or www.storserver.com (719)531-5926 Fax: (240)539-7175 -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Shawn Bierman Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 8:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ANR8808E - could not write label Would anyone have an idea as to what has happened here? Received this message four times today: AND8808E Could not write label 012591 on the volume n drive 3494DRVJ (/dev/rmt9) of library 3494A because that volume is already labeled with 012413 which is still defined in a storage pool or volume history We are running tsm 4.1.3.0 on AIX 4.3.2.0 thanks for any help. -shawn Shawn L. Bierman Unix Technical Support Analyst II Methodist Healthcare Information Systems (901) 516-0143 (office) (901) 516-0043 (fax)
