Be careful about extrapolating 3590 concepts into other areas...
I have seen no published information to suggest that the 3592 tape
utilizes a Volume Control Region (VCR) as does the 3590. The design
of the 3592 cartridge borrows from the LTO cartridge design in
incorporating a 4 KB Cartridge
Hi Thomas,
3592-J1a, tsmserver 5.3.3.2 on Solaris10
we have the same thing happened - also removed 2 or 3 tapes
from the library.
It was really annoying because a tape may happen to be reading
24 hours constantly reading but with some kBytes per second.
In our case it seems to be possibly both
-Survoy, Bernard J [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -
Sounds like you have an issue on some volumes with the VCR (volume
control region). This structure is used (among other things) to
support high speed search operations. If the VCR is invalid or
damaged, the drive will go into a low speed
Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Thomas Denier
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 3:09 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: 3592 tape read performance
-Survoy, Bernard J [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -
Sounds like you have an issue on some volumes with the VCR (volume
control region
Thomas -
We have 3592 drives as well, but have not experienced the kind of
read/write problems you are experiencing. We find the 3592 to be a
superb, reliable tape technology.
Absent from your posting is mention of tape drive cleaning, so that
may be a cause. The 3592 is an extension of 3590
] On Behalf Of
Thomas Denier
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 4:15 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: 3592 tape read performance
We are seeing increasingly frequent problems reading data from 3592
tapes. TSM sometimes spends as much as a couple of hours reading a
single file with a size of a few hundred
We are seeing increasingly frequent problems reading data from 3592
tapes. TSM sometimes spends as much as a couple of hours reading a
single file with a size of a few hundred megabyes. In some cases,
TSM reports a hardware or media error at the end of that time. In
other cases TSM eventually
