You should be able to run a checkout libv and tell it not to check the label and not to remove then it will just remove it from the inventory and tell you to remove it at your convenience. However, if its giving you an error such as "library unavailable" then you'll need to go another route.
See Ya' Howard > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of David E Ehresman > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 8:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ADSM-L] Retiring a library > > Is there anyway to force TSM (5.4) to checkout volumes from a library > that is no longer powered on? Can I delete a library from TSM if "q > libvol" says it still has tapes in it? > > David
