Re: Media Errors on Tapes

OK Kinda kidding, it does say I5/OS but it's a PASE thing so it probably runs on all recent versions. There are 'archived' versions there too if the 250 is way too far back from current.

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 3/29/2017 10:07 AM, DrFranken wrote:

Sadly the only version is for 'I5/OS' which won't run on a model 250 or
today's modern Power Systems. :-(

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 3/29/2017 9:04 AM, Steinmetz, Paul wrote:

Jerry,

You might try ITDT, it has good tape diagnostics.

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/ST9MBR_1.2.0/ltfs_itdt_download.html


Paul


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Jerry Adams
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Subject: Media Errors on Tapes

First, full disclosure: Model 250 running V5R1.



We have a cartridge tape drive 7207 Model 122. The data files backup
runs unattended each night. Lately it is crashing and burning with
media errors; in fact, it has failed the last four [4] nights.



Tapes do go bad, but it seems unreasonable to me to have this many go
bad so quickly. In fact, some of the tapes, except for
initialization, have never been used before. Plus it always blows at
exactly the same place. And we have cleaned the tape drive after each
failure.



Am I being illogical to think that it is the tape drive, rather than
the tapes, which is at fault? Is there any way to determine that?



I have been trying to get the company to upgrade the system for years
with, obviously, no success. Any other options? I have been told
that this tape drive is no longer available (maybe eBay but you get
what you pay for there). But are there any other backup alternatives
for off-line storage?



Thanks.



Jerry C. Adams

IBM i Programmer/Analyst

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