RE: Assistance with tape drive

I'd call the vendor of the tape drive and go through some fun tech support.

Larry Ketzes
Senior Security Project Analyst
American Life Insurance Company

One ALICO Plaza
600 King Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone: 302-594-2146
Mobile: 302-559-1631
Email: larry.ketzes@xxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas W. Palme
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 3:54 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Assistance with tape drive

Yes I have, nothing present and it will vary on ok, but it just will not 
allow me to reset the unit with a vary on


On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:41:30 -0500, Ketzes, Larry wrote
> Have you looked for errors at 1) qsysopr message q, 2) in DST.
> 
> Larry Ketzes
> Senior Security Project Analyst
> American Life Insurance Company
> 
> One ALICO Plaza
> 600 King Street
> Wilmington, DE 19801
> Phone: 302-594-2146
> Mobile: 302-559-1631
> Email: larry.ketzes@xxxxxxx
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Haase, Justin 
> C. Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 3:33 PM To: Midrange Systems 
> Technical Discussion Subject: RE: Assistance with tape drive
> 
> The card that runs the tape in the 170 is the base controller, isn't 
> it? Wouldn't that tend to anger the system some?
> 
> --
> 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 Jerry Draper
> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 2:27 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: Assistance with tape drive
> 
> 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
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing
> 
> > list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, 
> > unsubscribe, or change list options,
> > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
> > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take 
> > a moment to review the archives at
> http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:  This e-mail communication, including 
> > attachments, is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 
> > 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential, and may be legally privileged.  
> > If you are not the intended recipient or believe you received this 
> > communication in error, please reply to the sender indicating that 
> > fact and delete the copy you received.  In addition, retention, 
> > dissemination, distribution, copying, or otherwise use of the
> information contained in this communication is strictly prohibited.
> > Thank you.
> > 
> > --
> > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing
> 
> > list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, 
> > unsubscribe, or change list options,
> > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
> > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take 
> > a moment to review the archives at 
> > http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
> > 
> >
> 
> --
> This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) 
> mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To 
> subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: 
> http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: 
> MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment 
> to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
> 
> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:  This e-mail communication, including 
> attachments, is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act,
>  18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential, and may be legally 
> privileged.  If you are not the intended recipient or believe you 
> received this communication in error, please reply to the sender 
> indicating that fact and delete the copy you received.  In addition, 
> retention, dissemination, distribution, copying, or otherwise use of 
> the information contained in this communication is strictly 
> prohibited.  Thank you.
> 
> -- 
> This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) 
> mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To 
> subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: 
> http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: 
> MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment 
> to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
> -- 
> This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) 
> mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To 
> subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: 
> http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: 
> MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment 
> to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.


If you bought it, it was hauled by a truck - somewhere, sometime.