Rez, In this book (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r9/index.jsp? topic=/com.ibm.zos.r9.idao300/stadis.htm) it states 'In an MTL, the scratch counts that are displayed reflect the current counts that are maintained in the TCDB library record. This is meant to be an approximation. Without having an external source to derive the count, the scratch count from that point forward may be inaccurate if an update of this count in the catalog fails. Periodically check the scratch counts against your tape management system or the TCDB volume records.'
OAM does attempt to maintain the scratch counts as tapes are added and the status changes. However, if the counts are incorrect you can use IDCAMS ALTER LIBRARYENTRY with NUMBERSCRATCHVOLUMES. When you use CREATE VOLUMEENTRY or IDCAMS ALTER VOLUMEENTRY to add or change volumes in the MTL, the counts are not maintained. Only the OAM interfaces (CBRXLCS) maintain the counts; for example for manual cartridge entry (MCE) and Change Use Attribute (CUA). Using DFSMSrmm to add and manage the volumes you should see correct counts maintained. If you do not have rmm the tool SAMPLIB(CBRSPLCS) provides an easy to use and simple way to use the CBRXLCS OAM interface, such as for MCE. Mike Wood RMM Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
