From: https://www.dellemc.com/en-us/collaterals/unauth/technical-guides-support-information/products/storage/docu95468.pdf
DLS180I DRIVE IS ALREADY ALLOCATED or BOXED The device that is specified on the DEV= parameter is either already in use or is boxed and cannot be used. Select a different drive and retry the job. So it seems to be the drive, not the medium (tape). On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 11:54 AM CarlosM Martinez <carl...@solracz.com> wrote: > I keep getting this message and I cannot seem to figure out what is going > on here we have a DELL TLM and there are 13 tape drives attached VA Z/VM > to this test MVS guest. Has anyone ever had this? > > DLMSCR VER 4.42 > DLS180I DRIVE IS ALREADY ALLOCATED or BOXED > +TL4000 009E REJECTED COMMAND FROM BATCH JOB VPPPDBEG: > +TL4000 006I SCRATCH VSN 800064 > +TL4000 057E VOLUME 800064 CANNOT BE SCRATCHED. > +TL4000 059E THE DLMSCR COMMAND FAILED WITH A RETURN CODE OF > +TL4000 053E SEE DMC.TL4000.D200503.T110302.U400544 FOR DETAI > > Thank you > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- People in sleeping bags are the soft tacos of the bear world. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN