Hello Everyone.
  Over a week ago, I reported a problem to ADSM group
  about our backup process looping using the same tape
  over and over. It has not been resolved as of yet. Our
  server is already at 3.1.2.20. My concern is that it might
  happen again. The following is a sample from our actlog:

04/13/1999 05:00:50  ANR0405I Session 1143 ended for administrator
SUPERMACRO
                      (AIX).

04/13/1999 05:01:00  ANR8337I 3590 volume SH0272 mounted in drive
3590DR1
                      (/dev/rmt1).

04/13/1999 05:01:03  ANR8341I End-of-volume reached for 3590 volume
SH0272.
04/13/1999 05:01:07  ANR8336I Verifying label of 3590 volume SH0272 in
drive
                      3590DR1 (/dev/rmt1).

04/13/1999 05:01:34  ANR8468I 3590 volume SH0272 dismounted from drive
3590DR1
                      (/dev/rmt1) in library 3590LIB1.

04/13/1999 05:02:03  ANR8337I 3590 volume SH0272 mounted in drive
3590DR1
                      (/dev/rmt1).

04/13/1999 05:02:08  ANR8341I End-of-volume reached for 3590 volume
SH0272.
04/13/1999 05:02:11  ANR8336I Verifying label of 3590 volume SH0272 in
drive
                      3590DR1 (/dev/rmt1).

04/13/1999 05:02:38  ANR8468I 3590 volume SH0272 dismounted from drive
3590DR1
                      (/dev/rmt1) in library 3590LIB1.

04/13/1999 05:03:11  ANR8337I 3590 volume SH0272 mounted in drive
3590DR1
                      (/dev/rmt1).

04/13/1999 05:03:15  ANR8341I End-of-volume reached for 3590 volume
SH0272.
04/13/1999 05:03:18  ANR8336I Verifying label of 3590 volume SH0272 in
drive
                      3590DR1 (/dev/rmt1).

04/13/1999 05:03:45  ANR8468I 3590 volume SH0272 dismounted from drive
3590DR1
                      (/dev/rmt1) in library 3590LIB1.


We had to Ctrl-c this process to break out of it.  What's interesting
is that in ../fixes/v3r1/aixsrvr/3.1.2.0, a file "README.SRV.txt"
contained the following:
------
IX79815 / PQ17742 / IC21482 / IC21483 / IC21484
IX79815 / PQ17742 / IC21482 / IC21483 / IC21484
 AN ANR8311E I/O ERROR MESSAGE WITH RC OF 6 OR 28 IS ERRONEOUSLY
 GIVEN WHEN THE
 VOLUME BECOMES FULL AND END OF TAPE IS REACHED

 ADSM erroneously generates an:
 ANR8311E AN I/O ERROR OCCURRED WHILE ACCESSING DRIVE <drivename>
 FOR WRITE OPERATION; ERRNO = 6 (or ERRNO=28)
 ANR8341I - END OF VOLUME REACHED FOR VOLUME <volumename>.
 when using a library defined with LIBTYPE=EXTERNAL and the
 volume becomes full (i.e. reaches the end of media/end-of-tape/
 EOT).  This message sequence is not indicative of a true error.

It appears that there is already a fix(IX79815) for our problem
but is not included in the latest level(3.1.2.20). I ran the following
command at AIX prompt to see if our version has it:

      instfix -ik IX79815
      There was no data for IX79815 in the fix database.

Is it okay to install a fix from a previous level without jeopardizing
the database?  Any suggestions?

Aloha,
Angel Bugarin
Sprint/Hawaii
Forecast for today: gloomy

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