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Jerry,
That is very good. A good guess for the error would be a media error
that the microcode for the drive did not recognize. If you do not
reinitialize your tapes every time you use them then you can use SST to
verify the errors on each tape and willow out the tapes that are
starting to show wear and tear. This is the biggest argument for
properly using expiration dates and only initializing a tape one time.
You get the statistics on the tape.
The abnormal switch most likely was turned on when the tape device failed.
Jim Oberholtzer
CEO/Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects, LLC
On 9/28/2010 7:53 AM, Jerry Adams wrote:
Thank goodness I did not have to re-IPL; the vary on / off did the trick.
I do need to IPL, though, as the system is in an abnormal state right now for some reason, which I could never discern. Gonna have to come in one weekend to clear that up.
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