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SYSTEM system HAS LONG STANDING LOCK ON volser DISK

Reason:

A CA VM:Tape process has been unable to obtain a lock on the volser minidisk for a period of time approximately equal to that specified by the REMINDER record in the VMTAPE CONFIG file. This occurs when another system has not released its lock. The CA VM:Tape process continues to wait for the minidisk lock to be set. CA VM:Tape issues the message again after the time specified in the REMINDER record if the lock is not reset.

Action:

If the other CA VM:Tape system has crashed, try to restart it. If you cannot restart it, use the SDC command to reset the other system's lock.

Important! Use SDC UNLOCK parameter only in extreme cases and after careful consideration. Indiscriminate use of this parameter can cause unpredictable results; it might even destroy the TMC and Audit files.