>08/29/00   13:24:02  ANR8355E I/O error reading label for volume MED147 in
>                      drive DRIVE2 (/dev/mt1).

Make sure that you ADSM-labeled the tapes (don't depend upon pre-labeled
tapes from a tape vendor).  APAR  IX77477  may or may not apply to your
*SM level, but is interesting unto itself in this regard.
   Richard Sims, BU