RE: Am I going crazy?

Steve,

>From my experience with tape cartridges, the write protect "tab" us usually
pretty "firm, i.e. not that easy to move. Some even seem to "click" into
place. Have you checked these tapes and does that tab seem to be easy to
move ?

Chuck

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Raby, Steve (GE Advanced Materials, consultant)
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 2:44 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Am I going crazy?

That's a rhetorical question by the way, no need to answer that bit.  :-)

This is concerning the wonderful 3570 tape units. We keep getting problems
in that the write protect tab on the tapes is up so the back  ups do not
take place. Now a few weeks ago this happened three times in a row so now I
am extra careful about checking them before I load the tapes, yesterday I am
POSITIVE I checked this, yet last night the backups failed because the write
protect was set. It is due to vibration? Something in the unit that snags
it? Has anyone else come across this or is there a malicious poltergeist in
my computer room?

Steve