Re:Tape drive constantly needs cleaning

We just went to V4R3 and are getting the cleaning messages for our 3590 drives.
The only PTF's I can find that address this are 1998 PTF's that are already
applied.

What PTF did you apply to solve this problem?

Scott Lindstrom
Zenith Electronics





"Michele Reinkemeyer" <mreinkemeyer@mbsbooks.com> on 12/07/1999 04:11:02 PM

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Subject:  Re:Tape drive constantly needs cleaning



Jessica,

We have found that if you are at V4R3, you may get a message indicating that
your tape drive needs to be cleaned.  We downloaded a PTF from IBM that took
care of the problem.  Don't know if you are at V4R3 or not, but if you are, you
might want to look into this.



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Subject:    Tape drive constantly needs cleaning
Author: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date:       12/7/99 1:42 PM

I have a tape drive (13 GB) on my 170 that seems to constantly need to be
cleaned
(every few days).  It's only 2 months old and I am going through cleaning tapes
like crazy.  Is this normal for higher storage drives?

Thanks,

Jessica
--
T. Jessica Miller
WRQ Technical Engineer
WRQ Inc, Makers of Reflection and Express Software


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