Troubleshooting
Problem
Provides instruction on how to clear a tape reservation.
Resolving The Problem
Instructions:
On the command line, enter STRSST
sign-in
Option 1 Start a service tool
Option 4 Display/Alter/Dump
Option 2 Dump to printer
Option 2 Licensed Internal Code (LIC) data
Option 14 Advanced analysis
Type in at top and press enter
Option Command
1 IONIOTAPE
Type in the following option and press enter
Options . . . . . -id tap232 -prmp CLEAR
Type in the following Dump title information and press enter
Dump title . . . . . . . . . . . IONIOTAPE -id tap232 -prmp CLEAR
press F12 until you are allowed to exit SST by pressing enter
The TAPXX is the resource of the drive you are having an issue with.
This process has to be done on the system that you are trying to use the drive.
On the command line, enter STRSST
sign-in
Option 1 Start a service tool
Option 4 Display/Alter/Dump
Option 2 Dump to printer
Option 2 Licensed Internal Code (LIC) data
Option 14 Advanced analysis
Type in at top and press enter
Option Command
1 IONIOTAPE
Type in the following option and press enter
Options . . . . . -id tap232 -prmp CLEAR
Type in the following Dump title information and press enter
Dump title . . . . . . . . . . . IONIOTAPE -id tap232 -prmp CLEAR
press F12 until you are allowed to exit SST by pressing enter
The TAPXX is the resource of the drive you are having an issue with.
This process has to be done on the system that you are trying to use the drive.
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Modified date:
06 June 2025
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ibm17235827