AW: 3590 model B11 to model E11

We upgraded our 3590 B11UX (extended length) to E11 UX under os/400 V4r5m0
and had the same problem with uninitialised tapes. unlabeled tapes showed
"locating" (in german) on the panel display. on the other hand already
initialised tapes (*fmt3590) had no problem to be converted into *fmt3590E.
Did you try it with *FMT3590-formatted tapes?

Solution: I upgraded the tape-microcode to the newest level via PTF
5769999-MF26423 mCode Dec.2001, then the problem was gone.

hth
Thomas Schoenauer

Municipality of City of Linz
Department of EDP, Sect. Systems Management
4041 Linz, Gruberstrasse 40-42
Tel. +43/(0)732/7070-1737
Fax +43/(0)732/7070-54-1737
mailto:Thomas.Schoenauer@mag.linz.at
visit http://www.linz.at



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Von: Harry D. Angkasa [mailto:harry@bniaga.co.id]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 2. April 2002 12:04
An: midrange-l@midrange.com
Betreff: 3590 model B11 to model E11


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I just upgrade the 3590 tape/cartridge drive from model B11 to model E11 to
accelerate our daily backup, but now we encounter a problem with some tape
media.  Some of non-IBM (imation, graham, etc.) always "locating" (message
displayed on the panel) when it mounted or during backup, even though a
media (re)-initialized already.

The system running on V5R1.

Does anyone have the same experience with me? would you like to share? do we
need a ptf? Thanks in advance

best regards,
Harry D. Angkasa

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