Dat, No, TSM will NEVER let you (re)label a tape, if the tape is already known to the current TSM server (ie: it is defined in Q VOLHIST or Q VOL). If you try, in your activity log you'll see a label libv failure and the reason why (and the existing label)...
If the tape was previously defined (you saw it in Q VOL), and now you cant see it in Q VOL, then it is one of two things: * It was a SCRATCH volume, that became empty and TSM deleted it. * It was not a scratch volume, but a defined volume (DEF VOL command) and somebody deleted it. (You will know if volumes are scratch when you do a Q VOL F=D and look at the "Scratch:" line. ...deon --- Have you looked at the A/NZ Tivoli User Group website? http://www.tuganz.org Deon George, IBM Tivoli Software Engineer, IBM Australia Office: +61 3 9626 6058, Fax: +61 3 9626 6622, Mobile: +61 412 366 816, IVPN +70 66058 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ibm.com/tivoli "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 24/10/2003 02:10:47 PM: > Deon, > > Sorry if i was a bit vague, the question i am asking is does relable destroy > existing known tsm tapes or does tsm smart enough to know and prevent you > from doing it. > Secondly the tape was already define to tsm previous, why now does it give > me this error (we havent use it elsewhere) > > > ANR2034E QUERY VOLUME: No match found using this criteria. > > ANS8001I Return code 11 > > > I've also tried q libvol , but the tape isnt there either. > > > Regards > > Dat > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Deon George [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 24 October 2003 1:36 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: tape status > > > Dat, > > Q VOL will only show SCRATCH tapes that have data on them, or DEFINED > tapes (when you use the define vol command), or sometimes (as you've > captured below), you will also see SCRATCH tapes that are EMPTY - this > will be because: > > * They recently became empty and TSM hasnt yet deleted them (returning > them to the "scratch pool") - very rare, > * They are empty and offsite (as your example is below), > > (Offsite SCRATCH volumes that are empty, remain in Q VOL so that you can > bring them back onsite - as soon as you mark them as onsite, they will be > deleted from Q VOL). > > Now, if your tapes are empty and in your library and you CANT see them > with q VOL, then you will be able to see the with Q LIBV. > > If you do a HELP UPDATE VOL - it'll tell you when TSM will delete SCRATCH > volumes from Q VOL. > > To answer your question, do you need to relabel them - no. (You would only > need to relabel tapes if they were used by something outside of TSM - > which overwrote the TSM label.) > > ...deon > --- > Have you looked at the A/NZ Tivoli User Group website? > http://www.tuganz.org > > Deon George, IBM Tivoli Software Engineer, IBM Australia > Office: +61 3 9626 6058, Fax: +61 3 9626 6622, Mobile: +61 412 366 816, > IVPN +70 66058 > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ibm.com/tivoli > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 24/10/2003 > 10:34:24 AM: > > > Hi, > > > > I got LTO tapes that that was labelled into a 3583 library some months > back, > > now when i do a query volume, ie > > > > q vol gpc027 f=d > > > > I get a message: > > > > ANR2034E QUERY VOLUME: No match found using this criteria. > > ANS8001I Return code 11. > > > > > > If the tape has expired as tape as part of the system policy, wouldnt i > get > > a message like below, eg Volume Status: Empty: > > > > Volume Name: GPC093 > > Storage Pool Name: COPYSAP_LOG1 > > Device Class Name: LTOCLASS > > Estimated Capacity (MB): 0.0 > > Pct Util: 0.0 > > Volume Status: Empty > > Access: Offsite > > Pct. Reclaimable Space: 0.0 > > Scratch Volume?: Yes > > In Error State?: No > > Number of Writable Sides: 1 > > Number of Times Mounted: 3 > > Write Pass Number: 1 > > Approx. Date Last Written: 08/04/2003 03:33:02 > > Approx. Date Last Read: 08/02/2003 15:04:23 > > Date Became Pending: > > Number of Write Errors: 0 > > Number of Read Errors: 0 > > Volume Location: > > Last Update by (administrator): SCRIPT > > Last Update Date/Time: 08/04/2003 11:31:55 > > > > > > > > Can someone confirm if at this stage i will need to to relabel the tape > into > > the library. > > > > Thank you > > > > Dat Vo > > System Administrator > > > > ################################################# > > > > > > ***** CONFIDENTIAL ***** > > > > We apologise if this message has been sent to you in error. We are > > committed to protecting the confidential information of our > > customers, our vendors and GPC Electronics. 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