I run DFHSM RECYCLE frequently. Which clears this problem. On the other hand, 
my tapes are virtual, so I no longer do any stacking of tapes.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of John McKown
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 12:13 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Remove tape volume from a chain
> 
> I think that you can tell HSM to RECYCLE the volume. Something like:
> 
> //STEP010  EXEC  PGM=IKJEFT01,
> //             REGION=4096K,
> //             DYNAMNBR=40
> //SYSEXEC DD DISP=SHR,DSN=TSH009.REXX.EXEC //SYSTSPRT DD  SYSOUT=*
> //SYSTSIN DD *  HSEND DELVOL volser MIGRATION(MARKFULL)  HSEND
> RECYCLE -  ALL  -
>  PERCENTVALID(100) -
>  EXECUTE -
>  SELECT(INCLUDE(RANGE(volser)))
> /*
> 
> With CA-1 at our shop, this will remove the volume from EDM status and
> expire it to CA-1
> 
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Mark Pace <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > I have some migration tapes that form some chains.  The problem ends
> > up being that the first tape in the chain will become empty of valid
> > data as the data expires.  But I can't scratch tape since it is in a
> > chain.  I don't want to have to wait until all the data on every tape
> > expires to reclaim these tapes.  Is there anything I can do to remove
> > a tape from the chain?  HSM & DFRMM.
> >
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