Did this say the input volume was UNAVAILBLE? If so, it is probably the primary tape volume that has gotten marked that way during a dismount error. There are a number of fixes for this that have been released. All you have to do is do an update command against that primary tape and change its access to "READONLY" and you are set.
-----Original Message----- From: Joni Moyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 7:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Reclamation of Offsite Pool Hello, I think I finally understand the process of reclamation on copy pools and how it is done on tapes that are offsite in the vault. I was just looking through all of the messages associated with the reclamation of offsite volumes and I received the message ANR1163W (That an offsite volume still contains files which could not be moved) which I am assuming that since it was a reclamation it could not be copied from available onsite volumes. In the message book it gives 3 different methods of fixing this problem. I was just wondering what everyone thinks would be the best action to take? 1. Bring the volume back onsite and issue a MOVE DATA command to reclaim the volume. 2. Make teh primary volumes available and reissue a MOVE DATA command to reclaim the volume. (How do I know what the primary volumes are associated with the offsite tape in the vault? 3. Delete the files by using the DELETE VOLUME command. (Not an option at this point in time) One last question... When reclamation runs for offsite tapes, how do I know where the information is located in the primary volumes? How do I know what information is on that tape? I tried a Q CON, but apparently it only works on volumes that are onsite? Thanks so much for your help!!!! Joni Moyer Associate Systems Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] (717)975-8338
