Is there an issue mixing LTO5 and LTO7 HH FC drives in the same 3573 library?
Power7-740-E6C.
Latest CUM and TR11.
All latest tape PTFs
Library is 3573
Latest library firmware - D.00 / 3.20e
LTO5 firmware - F991
LTO7 firmware - FA11
I received 4 new LTO7 HH FC drives.
Swapped 2 LTO5 with 2 LTO7 drives.
IPL IOP - 577D
INZBRM *Device
Library saw the 2 new LTO7 drives with no issue.
iSeries auto created two new 3580-997 resources.
Varied on fine
Added 6 new LTO7 volumes, no issue.
Tested BRMS control group save, no issue.
Near the end of the Auto Dup, received the below error, drive went to failed status.
Message ID . . . . . . : CPF471E Severity . . . . . . . : 40
Message type . . . . . : Information
Date sent . . . . . . : 04/05/16 Time sent . . . . . . : 16:22:15
Message . . . . : Timeout on device TAPMLB01.
Cause . . . . . : A timeout occurred on device TAPMLB01. The timeout origin
was either the Input/Output Processor (IOP) or the device.
Recovery . . . : Obtain the error information from the QSYSOPR message
queue. Fix the problem and attempt the command again.
Last week, our CE experienced a very similar issue at another site with 3573, LTO3 and LTO5 being swapped.
CE stated they reconfigured the library resolved the issue, not sure why.
Thank You
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Paul Steinmetz
IBM i Systems Administrator
Pencor Services, Inc.
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