At 09:22 AM 12/11/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>We have an ibm h70 running aix 4.3.3 and TSM 3.7.3. It s hooked up to an ibm
>3494 with two magstar 3590 drives. A month ago we saw some tape drive needs
>cleaning messages in the aix error report. They repeated today..
>
>IDENTIFIER TIMESTAMP T C RESOURCE_NAME DESCRIPTION
>E507DCF9 1210101500 I H rmt1 TAPE DRIVE NEEDS CLEANING
>D1A1AE6F 1210101500 I H rmt1 TAPE SIM/MIM RECORD
>
>I m wondering if this is normal? To my knowledge the 3494 should be cleaning
>itself as it does have cleaning tapes and is all configured to do so
>automatically.
It seems to be normal, but my FE can't tell me why. It's a terrible nuisance.
Fred Johanson
System Administrator, ADSM
S.E.A.
University of Chicago
773-702-8464
