RE: Am I going crazy? -- RPG400-L

× The internal search function is temporarily non-functional. The current search engine is no longer viable and we are researching alternatives.
As a stop gap measure, we are using Google's custom search engine service.
If you know of an easy to use, open source, search engine ... please contact support@midrange.com.

Steve,

>From my experience with tape cartridges, the write protect "tab" us usually
pretty "firm, i.e. not that easy to move. Some even seem to "click" into
place. Have you checked these tapes and does that tab seem to be easy to
move ?

Chuck

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Raby, Steve (GE Advanced Materials, consultant)
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 2:44 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Am I going crazy?

That's a rhetorical question by the way, no need to answer that bit.  :-)

This is concerning the wonderful 3570 tape units. We keep getting problems
in that the write protect tab on the tapes is up so the back  ups do not
take place. Now a few weeks ago this happened three times in a row so now I
am extra careful about checking them before I load the tapes, yesterday I am
POSITIVE I checked this, yet last night the backups failed because the write
protect was set. It is due to vibration? Something in the unit that snags
it? Has anyone else come across this or is there a malicious poltergeist in
my computer room?

Steve

This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].

Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.