IBM 3581 tape drive and Slot 7

[nick_radich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hello everyone,

Hope you all had a nice Easter.

I have an IBM 3581 H13 LT01 tape drive.

It works fine except, when I load all 7 slots ( I don't use a bar code 
reader in it) it does not automatcally load slot 7.

It is setup to run Sequentially, the SEQ READY message is displayed.

I have tried testing it by putting tapes in slots 6 and 7, and then 
backing up a library using SAVLIB, with ENDOPT(*UNLOAD).  It backs up onto 
slot 6, the tape is ejected, but slot 7 does not load.

If I manually load slot 7, I can backup  on it using the same SAVLIB 
options, but it does not automatically unload.  The status msg states SEQ 
DONE.  I have to manually unload slot 7.

I have looked through the manuals to no avail.  It seems I have everything 
setup correctly.

Does anyone know what might be wrong.

We are at V4R5 of the OS.



Thanx,

Nick



Nick Radich
Sr. Programmer/Analyst
EPC Molding, Inc.
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