Ray Pratts wrote:
>
> ADSMers,
>
> I have a 3570 which will not mount scratch tapes.  It had been working
> fine until last Thursday.  Then each time a scratch tape is requested
> ADSM writes this error message:
>
>         ANR8779E Unable to open drive /dev/rmt1, error number=47.
>
> We get the error on both rmt1 and rmt2.  It will mount and read/write
> data tapes.  We've had a CE check out the hardware.  Yesterday, my
> colleague spent 5 hours with ADSM support.  The support person thinks
> it's a hardware problem.   But I'm not so sure, since it can read/write
> data tapes.  Any ideas are greatly appreciated.
>
> --
> Ray Pratts
> Pinnacle Computer Solutions, Houston, Tx
> Tel. 281-272-8932    E-mail: pratts AT ibm DOT net

A couple of days ago we had exactly the same message and the same
behaviour with a STK-robot. The hardware was checked out (cables, plugs,
etc.) by a STK-person, everything was then restarted (STK, AIX,
ADSM-server) and the problems were gone.
Greetings,
Pieter Groen