Re: 3581 tape drive - modes

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

*SOLVED*

We got it.

Rochester had him reset the IOA (not the IOP) and now all is well.


On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> All,
>
> On a 3581 L28 attached to a System i, is "library" mode the same as
> "random" mode?
>
> We started having issues Friday afternoon.  IBM CE is here with a new
> drive.  Installed it, the tape drive display says RANDOM mode, but if we try
> WRKMLBBRM, the option 8 on that drive to work with media, we get
>
> CPF67C0
> Message . . . . :   Command not allowed
> Cause . . . . . :   Library device TAPMLB02 is not in library mode or the
>   library device manager is offline.
> Recovery  . . . :   Switch library device TAPMLB02 to library mode or the
>   library device manager to online and retry the operation.
>
> A vary off/on with IOP reset would not be good as the IOP also controls
> disk drives.  The drive arrived in RANDOM mode, so we don't think that would
> be it.  But we're stumped.  He's phoning Rochester as I type . . .
>
> Thanks.
>
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