Here is a look at what the message is giving me in the actlog when it fails.
It looks just like a plan tape error:
ANR8499I Command accepted.
01/05/02 08:58:03 ANR8300E I/O error on library MAGSTAR (OP=00006C03,
CC=314, KEY=05, ASC=3B, ASCQ=0E,
SENSE=70.00.05.00.00.0-
0.00.48.00.00.00.00.3B.0E.FF.02.00.A8.00.00.1E.09.01.00-
.00.00.00.00.00.00.A5.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.-
00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0-
0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.32.38.37.20.20.20.20-
.00., Description=The source slot or drive was empty
in
an attempt to move a volume). Refer to Appendix B in
the
'Messages' manual for recommended action.
01/05/02 08:58:03 ANR9999D mmsscsi.c(10695): Could not move volume 1DA7D
from slot 31 to slot 16.
01/05/02 08:58:03 ANR8841I Remove volume from slot 31 of library MAGSTAR
at
your convenience.
After this the drive then goes offline. So when the archive runs at 22:30
this is the message it gets:
01/05/02 22:41:20 ANR8447E No drives are currently available in library
MAGSTAR.
01/05/02 22:41:21 ANR1404W Scratch volume mount request denied - mount
failed.
When i look at the error message in the O/S errpt this is what i see
4865FA9B 0108012102 P H rmt1 TAPE OPERATION ERROR
476B351D 0108012102 P H rmt1 TAPE DRIVE FAILURE
0F78A011 0108011902 T H rmt1 RECOVERY LOGIC INITIATED BY DEVICE
Any ideas???
Bill Wheeler
PDM Administrator
La-Z-Boy Incorporated
(734) 242-1444 x 6170
-----Original Message-----
From: George Lesho [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 1:41 PM
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Subject: Re: Tape Drive Failures
Perhaps if y ou included some representitive samples of the errors so the
SCSI error codes there is some hope of helping
you with the problem. Pull some from your O/S errpt and TSM actl. Cheers
George Lesho
AFC Enterprises
Storage/System Admin
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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
