Already tried that, it fails with ANR8816E - volume is already defined to the library. I need some way to bypass the checkin step of the label process..
-----Original Message----- From: Pearson, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 11:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: labeling 3590 volumes I did a "Help Label" in TSM and if I'm thinking what you want... here it is labe libv library_name volume_name overwrite=yes Dave Pearson Comptuer & Nework Service Snohomish County PUD # 1 > -----Original Message----- > From: Jolliff, Dale [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 9:41 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: labeling 3590 volumes > > Is there anyway to overwrite the header/label of a 3590 tape? > > One of our ATLs had a problem with some 3590 drives and chewed up the > header > records. > The assumption is that the tape is good, the header records are just bad. > > I would restore the volumes from the copypools, but it just so happened > that > the two volumes that got whacked were a primary and the copy of the > primary > -- > > Anyway, I'm hoping there is a way to get TSM to overwrite the header > records > without destroying the data. If there isn't, we are going to try using dd > to recreate the headers. > > Anybody ever done that successfully?
