It must be because it expects eject from the OS first. If you have IBM tape support still, an engineer can delete the volumes directly in the VTL.
- KB ------- Original Message ------- On Saturday, August 13th, 2022 at 8:54 AM, Tom Sims <[email protected]> wrote: > If you mean the virtual volumes page, this failed three times without > details. > > /Tom > > On 8/12/2022 8:04 PM, kekronbekron wrote: > > > Yes, you can do this from the TS7700 GUI logical volumes page. > > It'll warn you about scratching it first, and then ejecting it in the OS > > (LIBRARY xxxxx,EJECT). > > I don't remember if the tape GUI forced the eject first. > > If all else fails, LVOLs can be deleted from the pSeries / Hydra within the > > VTL, with the help of an IBM engineer. > > > > - KB > > > > ------- Original Message ------- > > On Saturday, August 13th, 2022 at 3:22 AM, Tom Sims [email protected] wrote: > > > > > Is there a way to delete virtual tape volumes in a TS7760 that was > > > formerly attached to a zOS system, without the benefit of zOS library > > > services? > > > > > > Said mainframe is no longer with us, but the VTS remains. > > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > Tom Sims > > > Trident Services, Inc. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
