VMBTMP0667E Tape volume LX0093 has been rejected.

Products

• VM:Tape for z/VM

Issue/Introduction

When testing a TS7760 VTS and have VM:Tape interfacing with DFSMS/VM, some tape mounts failed resulting in the message:

VMBTMP0667E Tape volume LX0093 has been rejected; it is part of an existing catalog.

This error was experienced when running a VM:Backup job and 3 tape mounts failed with RC=100 for mounts of the virtual tape volumes.

What is the best way to fix the 3 tapes that experienced this error? 

Environment

Release: VMTAPE55400-2-VM:Tape
Component:

Resolution

Run the VMBACKUP CHECK command to map out the catalog and identify what catalog (backup) these tapes are part of. 

Example: VMBACKUP CHECK ( DISK  

This will map the entire catalog and put the output in a file called CATCHECK OUTPUT on the issuer's A-disk.  Once you have the output file, edit it and locate these three tapes, one by one, to find the catalog or dumpjob it is part of.   From there, you can decide whether you want to keep the catalog.    VM:Backup catalogs can be managed through the screens by selecting Option 6/Manage Existing Catalogs. 

Additional Information

In this particular case, the VM:Backup catalog was old and no longer needed, so the user discarded it.   After this action, the tapes had to be freed up in VM:Tape which was accomplished by changing their RETPD to 0 and running VMTAPE SCRATCH.  

Issue this command for each tape from a user with VMTAPE SysAdmin and ANYTAPE authorizations:

VMTAPE CATALOG VTSnnn RETPD 0 (ANYTAPE   

Followed by:  VMTAPE SCRATCH