The security types of RACF® protection, expiration-date protection, and password protection affect your choice of returning empty tapes to scratch pools. DFSMShsm automatically removes RACF protection for tapes protected by the RACF TAPEVOL class before returning them to a global scratch pool or to a specific scratch pool.

DFSMShsm cannot remove the password and expiration date protection. These tapes may require re-initialization before they can be returned to the global scratch pool.

for more information about ABARS tape processing, see z/OS DFSMShsm Storage Administration.