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Or re-initialize the tape every time it's used. That resets the counter
to make it almost worthless. I never reset the statistics so I can see
if the tape is failing in any way over its lifetime. Also keep track of
when you clean the tape drive and how that affects read/write errors.
When you start seeing write errors to the tape, time for a new tape.
Tape, cheap. Lost system that is not recoverable because the tape was
failing, bankruptcy.....
Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects
On 4/23/2013 6:12 AM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Have you tried PRTERRLOG TYPE(*VOLSTAT) VOLTYPE(3590)? Yeah, I know 3590--
sounds silly for LTO drives, but it works. If you have a bunch of errors
it may be time to retire that tape. Prompt the command. You may want to
reset the statistics every so often. Since you are a brms shop it will
make more sense to you as you will not have multiple tapes with the same
volume id (like IBMIRD or some silly thing carried over from S/36
diskette).
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