T100000 - VOLSAFE MVC Unable To Mount

Asset ID:	1-72-2262590.1
Update Date:	2018-05-17
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Solution 2262590.1 : T100000 - VOLSAFE MVC Unable To Mount

Applies to:

StorageTek T10000D Tape Drive - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

T10000T2 Volsafe MVC V00097 unable to mount

Changes

Customer previously replaced MVC V00097 with a new virgin Volsafe T10000T2 cartridge

Cause

Created a manual forced dump of MVC V00097 and check on RFID Stats Data

MVC V00097 turns out to be a different MVC (V00099) and that there is already data written onto it.

From manual forced dump
RFID Stats Data
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Megabytes Read = 2017633
Megabytes Written = 7666342

Reposition Cycles = 65080
Total Loads = 1868
Last Writing DMOD = 3d198f

Volume Headers
----------------------------
SVH validity = 0xf7
Record 1 Valid
e5d6d3f1"e5f0f0f0f9f9"

EBCDIC e5f0f0f0f9f9 = V00099

Wraps show that this "virgin" VOLSAFE MVC had already be written to

Solution

It turned out that the new Volsafe cartridge was NOT a new cartridge, rather it was a previously retired Volsafe MVC (V00099)

Move external label (V00097) onto a new Volsafe cartridge and enter new V00097 into library for usage

References

<NOTE:1016607.1> - VTCS - Write Protect Error on Volsafe Media

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