John, You said the tape went to scratch, but it was P in SMS. Has it been returned from scratch to private in SMS? If it has been scratch, check out the scratch category it was in then (in DEVSUPxx) and check in the VTS GUI if this category was a fast ready category and if that category has an Expire time specified together with Expire Hold.
This means, that after your tape management system made the tape scratch, the VTS has expired the data from it and when you made it Private again in SMS in order to mount it again, the data is not available anymore and you will be presented an empty tape. Kees. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John Dawes Sent: 25 April, 2016 18:18 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: VIRTUAL TAPE PECULIARITY Kees, We are using IBM TS770. In order to mount the tape I think the tape was still in SMS with a status of P. I am not sure if the tape was in fast-ready. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful. This problem happened last Tuesday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ******************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
