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.
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