RE: Assistance with tape drive

Won't that crash the machine or is that the same as a normal IPL?


On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:26:51 -0800, Jerry Draper wrote
> You could also go into SST and re-ipl the IOP.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> Quoting "Haase, Justin C." <justin.haase@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> > Had this happen once, did a shutdown (with power-off) and restart and it
> > "reset" the drive.  It's a shame that the 170 isn't concurrent maint up
> > there, or you could just remove/add the device and that would
> > power-cycle it.
> > 
> > So - I'd try the Windows solution - reboot!  (With restart *NO so you
> > get the full power-off)  Other than that, I suppose it could be a bad
> > cleaning tape and the drive is flagged as dirty.  Might be worth a shot
> > trying a new cleaning tape before shutting down. 
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Justin C. Haase - iSeries System Engineer
> > IBM Certified Systems Expert - eServer i5
> > Kingland Systems Corporation
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas W. Palme
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 1:56 PM
> > To: Mid Range List
> > Subject: Assistance with tape drive
> > 
> > We have a 6390 tape drive in a 9406-170 that is immediately ejecting the
> > tapes today.  We have tried using the cleaning tape, and about five
> > others (all brand new) and it loads them and immediately ejects the
> > tape.
> > 
> > Everything was fine yesterday, we ran a full system backup without any
> > errors or problems......
> > 
> > I have checked the device and it is varied on, so I varied it off and
> > back on again....no problems seem apparent so any suggestions or hints
> > would be greatly appreciated.
> > 
> > Douglas
> > 
> > 
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