Has your CE installed the new drive clips? That helps with the dismount problems.
______________________________ John Monahan Senior Consultant Enterprise Solutions Computech Resources, Inc. Office: 952-833-0930 ext 109 Cell: 952-221-6938 http://www.compures.com Todd Lundstedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED] IA-CHRISTI.ORG> To Sent by: "ADSM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dist Stor cc Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject .EDU> Re: Tapes being set to Unavailable (was Re: 3584 Cleaning Frequency) 10/16/2003 02:16 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU> Yep.. they are at a very recent, if not the most recent code level, along with the library's code level. No more than 2 months old there... but then, that could be the problem.. perhaps that code level is bad.. I will have my CE get me the latest numbers and check that, but I suspect (hope) that isn't the issue. David Longo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/16/2003 02:11 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Fax to: Subject: Tapes being set to Unavailable (was Re: 3584 Cleaning Frequency) Have you had the firmware on the drives brought uptodate? David B. Longo System Administrator Health First, Inc. 3300 Fiske Blvd. Rockledge, FL 32955-4305 PH 321.434.5536 Pager 321.634.8230 Fax: 321.434.5509 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/16/03 02:43PM >>> IBM.. and it is happening with frequency on tapes that are new, as well as tapes we have had since day one. I cleaned the drives manually (using the panel on the 3584), but we are still getting a few unavailables each night. I did some research on the tapes that went unavailable over the last 30 days, and all of the ones I checked had another error nearby.. indicating that the dismount of that volume failed, and it may still be in the drive... yet, they never are, they seem to be dismounted successfully. I am still trying to figure this out... if anyone has a suggestion. Thanks
