There's an APAR for ADSM (IX76814) that's supposed to fix this
(it'll make ADSM check a drive before it tries to use it).  Looks
like PTF U457135, which seems to be in the 3.1.1.5 stuff.

Pat Wilson
paw AT dartmouth DOT edu

>  Correction:
>
>  We are currently running ADSM for AIX-RS/6000 - Version 3, Release 2, Level
>  1.2
>
>  Sandye J. Jackson
>
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: Jackson, Sandye
>  > Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 12:10 PM
>  > To:   Subject:        Problems with tapes constantly being made
>  > unavailable
>  >
>  > We have a major problem here.  We are running ADSM V3.1.0 on an AIX server
>  > attached to an STK9710 library using DLT7000 tapes.  We keep having
>  > problems with tapes not being mounted even tho there are drives available
>  > (we have 6) and then they are marked 'unavailable' and I have to check
>  > this out every day and put them back in 'read/write' status.  Also, after
>  > this starts to occur I get messages that 'aggragates are degrading' and
>  > that I need to do an Audit.  Today my aggragates weren't just degraded,
>  > they were disabled.  STK says that their system is working fine.  IBM says
>  > that their's is also ok.  Heeeellllppppp!!!
>  >
>  > Sandye J. Jackson
>  >