Change the status of a tape to be free

Follow the steps below to change the status of a tape to be free.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.