Try powering off and then powering on the drives, or the whole library. Works for me most of the time.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Wheeler [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 11:21 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Tape Drive Failures > > Hello *SMers, > > Just a quick question out there for all of you. I am currently > receiving tape drive failures when trying to check in and out tapes, also > during our nightly archive. They have been increasing during the last > few > months. My environment is Magstar 3570, 2 drives. I am currently > running > TSM 4.1.2.0 on AIX 4.3.3. I have been cleaning the drives regularly, but > am not sure if I should be IBM involved or not. One of the main problems > is > that when the drive gets the error, the drive does not reset. It could be > the tapes causing the problems, but the drives are still not resetting. > Just yesterday someone was checking in tapes and loaded the wrong one, but > the drive failed due wrong tape being mounted. Then the drive did not > reset > itself. Is there anything that I can do without calling IBM to see if I > can get this fixed? > > > Thanks in advance, > > Bill Wheeler > PDM Administrator > La-Z-Boy Incorporated > (734) 242-1444 x 6170
