VMTAPE displays 4 ACSxxx locations (See Below) that are all part of a single SMC (VSM/HSC) setup.
When I try to mount a scratch tape it causes an EJECT from Location ACS254 to get Loaded into ACS000 and this causes a failure and an HSC002 ABEND
Did I miss something? Not sure why VMTAPE is trying to EJECT the TAPE to mount it on the available drives (see drive locations below)
VPCPRD01 Tape Setup
0AF0-0AFF 3490EVOL Range BE0000-BE4999
VPCPRD01 Setup for VMSMC
SMCCMDS FILE
TAPEPLEX NAME(SMC04)
SERVER NAME(SMCPTH04) TAPEPLEX(SMC04) PORT(1504) IPADDRESS(10.64.1.45)
SERVER NAME(SMCPTH03) TAPEPLEX(SMC04) PORT(1504) IPADDRESS(10.64.1.33)
POOLMAP MGMTCLASS(SCZVM) SUBPOOL(ZVM)
vmtape q location
VMTQRY0516I ACS254 HSC EJECT=UP ENTER=UP
VMTQRY0516I ACS000 HSC EJECT=UP ENTER=UP
VMTQRY0516I ACS255 HSC EJECT=UP ENTER=UP
VMTQRY0516I ACS001 HSC EJECT=UP ENTER=UP
VMTCMD1111I Beginning command: MOUNT SCRATCH 181 ( POOL ZVM
VMTMNT0007I Sending 'CAN DZD8XH MOUNT VMTAPE VOLUME SCRATCH WRITE' to VMSECU
VMTMNT0008I Ending: 'CAN', RC= 0 from VMSECURE.
VMTMNU0709I Volume BE0003 is now in saved status
VMTAPK0100I Volume BE0003 picked from pool ZVM.
VMTMNT0005I MOUNT '0181' request accepted.
VMTEDL0050I Eligible drives: 0AF0 0AF1 0AF2 0AF3 0AF4 0AF5 0AF6 0AF7 0AF8 0A
VMTEDL0050I 0AFC 0AFD 0AFE 0AFF
VMTEDL0070I Location ACS254 selected for DZD8XH 0181
VMTHSC0708I Ejecting volume BE0003 from HSC.
VMTEDL0050I Eligible drives: 0AF0 0AF1 0AF2 0AF3 0AF4 0AF5 0AF6 0AF7 0AF8 0A
VMTEDL0050I 0AFC 0AFD 0AFE 0AFF
VMTHSC0000I Sending to VMSMC: QDRIVES (from VMTEDL)
VMTHSC0000I Sending to VMSMC: EJECT BE0003
VMTHSC0999I VMSMC completed QDRIVES command successfully
VMTHSC0000I Sending to VMSMC: QDRLIST BE0003
VMTHSC0697E HSC server VMSMC ACSRQ=EJECT RC= 4 Reason=00000060
OPERATNS RDR AS 0033 RECS 4124 CPY 001 V NOHOLD NOKEEP
VMTABN1126S CA VM:Tape system abend HSC002 occurred at 0004FE60.
VMSMC shows the drives at this location
Addr TapePlex Location
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0AF0 SMC04 VTSCA001
0AF1 SMC04 VTSCA001
0AF2 SMC04 VTSCA001
0AF3 SMC04 VTSCA001
0AF4 SMC04 VTSCA001
0AF5 SMC04 VTSCA001
0AF6 SMC04 VTSCA001
0AF7 SMC04 VTSCA001
0AF8 SMC04 VTSCA001
0AF9 SMC04 VTSCA001
0AFA SMC04 VTSCA001
0AFB SMC04 VTSCA001
0AFC SMC04 VTSCA001
0AFD SMC04 VTSCA001
0AFE SMC04 VTSCA001
0AFF SMC04 VTSCA001