Re: 5010 tape drive question..

["Mike Shaw" <mshaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We did over 400 in our first initialize phase!  :-)

Mike Shaw

-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Lewis <CLEWIS@IQUEST.NET>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Monday, October 19, 1998 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: 5010 tape drive question..


>Ya, I'm suprised to hear what the CE is saying too.
>
>We had TONS of 3590 cartridges and I would initialize 10 or so at a time
(normally)
>and I don't recall ever seeing the 3590 ask to be cleaned anymore than it
normally
>did (?)...
>
>Chuck
>
>Don wrote:
>
>> Yo Dude!
>>
>> Yeah, this would kinda scare me in to thinking that SOMETHING is
scrubbing
>> the oxide from my mylar!  I'm not sure I buy your CE's reasoning right
>> now...  If this were true, we should have gotten this kind of problem all
>> along throughout the years....
>>
>> Don in DC....
>>
>> On Mon, 19 Oct 1998, Mike Shaw wrote:
>>
>> > Don,
>> >
>> > I have seen this with 3590's as well....CE explained it as new
cartridges
>> > leaving a lot of residue and the end result being that cleanings are
more
>> > frequent as a result initially....Does make sense if you look at it in
terms
>> > of initializing the cartridges plus any save/restore activity...In our
case,
>> > it did get back to a more normal cleaning cycle once we got through the
>> > initialization process.
>> >
>> > If you are still uncomfortable, check the error log and the volume
stats via
>> > SST...If there are no perm or temp errors being logged, attribute it to
the
>> > new cartridges and just keep an eye on it.  It should decrease.
>> >
>> > HTH,
>> >
>> > Mike Shaw
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Don <dr2@access.digex.net>
>> > To: midrange-l@midrange.com <midrange-l@midrange.com>
>> > Date: Monday, October 19, 1998 10:41 AM
>> > Subject: 5010 tape drive question..
>> >
>> >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >Greetings,
>> > >
>> > >we've got a client with a 5010 tape drive and I'm getting ALOT of the
>> > >"clean the tape drive" light coming on.  This is a new drive and new
>> > >tapes.  Is there a known problem here or am I the only one having this
>> > >scenerio??
>> > >
>> > >Don in DC
>> > >
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