Make sure the status of the volumes in question is "Read/Write". Also, issue query content against the empty volumes to make sure they are really empty.
At 01:28 PM 4/16/2014, you wrote:
tsm: SXDCTSM01>q library xdcvtl f=d Library Name: XDCVTL Library Type: SCSI ACS Id: Private Category: Scratch Category: WORM Scratch Category: External Manager: RSM Media Type: Shared: No LanFree: ObeyMountRetention: Primary Library Manager: WWN: Serial Number: 0012620282330401 AutoLabel: OVERWRITE Reset Drives: No Relabel Scratch: Yes Last Update by (administrator): ADMIN Last Update Date/Time: 03/17/2010 11:06:32 Regards, Matthew J. Leonard Network Infrastructure Administrator IT Network Operations AtlasAir, Inc. matthew.leon...@atlasair.com 914-701-8042 -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Francisco Parrilla Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 12:19 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Re: Relabel/checkin Tapes marked as "empty" Which value are set on library for AUTOLabel ? 2014-04-16 11:05 GMT-05:00 David Bronder <david-bron...@uiowa.edu<mailto:david-bron...@uiowa.edu>>: > If it were the REUSEDELAY setting, the volume would be Pending, not Empty. > > David Ehresman's suggestion to do a "delete volume" on them should > address the immediate issue of the volumes staying Empty instead of > returning to scratch. But something else must be going on that's > preventing that from occurring on its own. > > I don't specifically recall running across this problem over my years > with TSM, but it may have just not been memorable. Is this a library > manager of a shared library or something like that? (I don't have > experience with that myself, though others here do. Just trying to > come up with ideas to further > investigate.) > > Try searching through APARs looking for similar symptoms; maybe it's > an issue resolved in a newer level of code than you're running. I > vaguely think I've seen APARs for VTL issues, but since I don't have > one, I didn't pay them much attention. > > =Dave > > > On 04/16/2014 10:47 AM, Leonard, Matthew wrote: > > No there isn't... > > > > Regards, > > > > Matthew J. Leonard > > Network Infrastructure Administrator IT Network Operations AtlasAir, > > Inc. > > matthew.leon...@atlasair.com<mailto:matthew.leon...@atlasair.com> > > 914-701-8042 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On > > Behalf > Of George Huebschman > > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 10:27 AM > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU<mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Relabel/checkin Tapes marked as "empty" > > > > Is there a REUSEDELAY on the Storage Pool? > > > > George Huebschman (George H.) > > (301) 699-4013 > > (301) 875-1227 (Cell) > > -- > Hello World. David Bronder - Systems > Architect > Segmentation Fault ITS-EI, Univ. of > Iowa > Core dumped, disk trashed, quota filled, soda warm. > david-bron...@uiowa.edu<mailto:david-bron...@uiowa.edu> >