Don't forget to verify that your tape management system has scratch records defined for the scratch volumes added to the vts.
Thanks, Jim Weidt Senior Systems Engineer Jostens Inc. Office: 952-838-7555 Cell: 612-419-3738 [EMAIL PROTECTED] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this e-mail communication and any attached documentation may be privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure and is intended only for the use of the designated recipient(s). It is not intended for transmission to, or receipt by, any unauthorized person. The use, distribution, transmittal or retransmittal by an unintended recipient of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, please delete it from your system without copying it and notify the above sender. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jacky Bright Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 7:30 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: VTS Scratch Count Issue Hi, We are getting following message on console. Do I need to take action on this message ? Does anyone have an idea about this ? JAcky *CBR3660A Enter MEDIA2 scratch volumes into library WIPLIB01. Subsequently we have issued following command to check the status : D SMS,LIB(WIPLIB01),DETAIL F OAM,D,LIB,WIPLIB01,L=INTERNAL-Z CBR1110I OAM library status: 098 TAPE LIB DEVICE TOT ONL AVL TOTAL EMPTY SCRTCH ON OP LIBRARY TYP TYPE DRV DRV DRV SLOTS SLOTS VOLS WIPLIB01 VL 3494-L10 64 41 40 1133 660 0 Y Y ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MEDIA SCRATCH SCRATCH SCRATCH TYPE COUNT THRESHOLD CATEGORY MEDIA2 0 60 3002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- OPERATIONAL STATE: AUTOMATED ERROR CATEGORY SCRATCH COUNT: 1 SCRATCH STACKED VOLUME COUNT: 43 PRIVATE STACKED VOLUME COUNT: 399 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Library supports import/export. Convenience I/O station installed. Convenience I/O station in Import mode. Bulk input/output not configured. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html