I have upgraded the drives to 3590E and the software to 3.1.2.41 - but am
still having these problems which the fix is supposed to have fixed.

01-10-1999 18:09:32      ANR1044I Removable volume 002251 is required for
space reclamation.
01-10-1999 18:09:32      ANR8324I 3590 volume 002251 is expected to be
mounted  (R/O).
01-10-1999 18:09:42      ANR8447E No drives are currently available in
library 3494LIB.
01-10-1999 18:09:42      ANR1401W Mount request denied for volume 002270 -
mount  failed.
01-10-1999 18:09:43      ANR8213W Session open with 170.127.33.133 timed
out.
01-10-1999 18:09:48      ANR8447E No drives are currently available in
library  3494LIB.
01-10-1999 18:09:48      ANR1401W Mount request denied for volume 002270 -
mount failed.
01-10-1999 18:09:48      ANR8447E No drives are currently available in
library  3494LIB.
01-10-1999 18:09:48      ANR1401W Mount request denied for volume 002270 -
mount failed.

adsm> q vol 002270 f=d

                   Volume Name: 002270
             Storage Pool Name: OFFSITETAPEPOOL
             Device Class Name: 3590LIB
       Estimated Capacity (MB): 61,440.0
                      Pct Util: 19.9
                 Volume Status: Filling
                        Access: Read/Write

Jasdayal S Dhanoa

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Smoldt [SMTP:smoldt AT STORSOL DOT COM]
> Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 6:06 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: 3.1.2.40 upgrade probs
>
> Mark is correct.  V3.1.2.41 does fix this problem with AIT drives.  You
> can
> find it in the fixtest directory structure at the ftp site.
>
> Bill Smoldt    SSSI
> Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On 
> Behalf Of
> Remeta, Mark
> Sent:   Friday, October 01, 1999 7:46 AM
> To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:        Re: 3.1.2.40 upgrade probs
>
> There is a 3.1.2.41 version that fixes the problem with the AIT drives. I
> haven't tried it yet myself but some other people here said it worked....
>
> Mark
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gareth Butler [mailto:gareth_b AT PHOENIXC.CO DOT UK]
> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 11:34 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: 3.1.2.40 upgrade probs
>
>
> Tried to upgrade from 3.1.2.22 on NSM (AIX 4.2) which has attached ADIC
> Scalar1000 AIT tape library, to 3.1.2.40 because of the 5.2Gb HP optical
> support. However after the upgrade we saw the same problems as the
> previous
> postings on the listserver which used 3590E tape drives. Does anyone know
> of
> a workaround for this problem which seems to also affect AIT?
>
> In short the problem is that after the upgrade, tapes created before the
> upgrade cannot be read, however the drives will write to tape and read
> that
> fine.
>
> Error messages insist that:
>
> ANR9999D pvr8mm.c(1819): Unable to find drive model table; format=43.
> ANR8447E No drives are currently available in library SCALAR1000.
> ANR1401W Mount request denied for volume 000115 - mount failed.
>
> Help!?
>
> Thanks Gareth.

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