Change the status of a tape to be free
Follow the steps below to change the status of a tape to be free.
- Log on to a user ID authorized to issue the Tape Manager TAPEMOD command. In this example, it's best if you issue the command from a user with administrator authority.
- To scratch the tape we tested, issue the following command:
TAPCMD TAPEMOD VOL volid STATUS FREE
In this command, volid is the tape volser that was mounted above.