Hi,

yes we do, we have a 3494 with 3590 E1A drives working very happy with
4.2.1.7. No problems whatsoever. We alse have scsi 3590s so our setups are
quite comparable. Dit you try using mtlib or mt commands on this drive as a
test to see weather or not the OS can still talk scsi to your drive(s)? The
only thing we didn't do is reboot, since our tsm server doubles as a
fileserver for quite a few users who use their files 24/7, this was not an
option at the time we installed the fix....


> Hello TSM'ers!
>
> Has anyone running TSM on AIX using 3494/3590 tried the 2.2.1.7-server?
>
> After applying this level last night, I can't get my 3590's to work.
>
> When trying to mount a tape, the mount fails.
>
> A server-trace show this:
> 18:46:46.312 <58>mmsflag.c(2889): Opening drive 3590_1 (/dev/rmt1) in library 
> 34
> 94.
> 18:46:46.359 <58>pvrntp.c(2734): Testing readiness of drive 3590_1 
> (/dev/rmt1).
> 18:46:46.360 <58>psntpop.c(1568): Error performing TESTREADY operation on 
> drive
> 3590_1 (/dev/rmt1); errno = 22
>
> q mount report the usual "mount point waiting..."
>
> After a couple of minutes it times out:
> 18:47:46.374 <58>mmsflag.c(2941): Drive 3590_1 (/dev/rmt1) in library 3494 
> timed
>  out.
>
> The tape-volume get physically mounted in the drive. Monitored by mtevent.
> mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -qM also report the volume as mounted.
>
> The tapedrive itself is online and ready..
>
>
> Any hints on what to check/what could be wrong, anyone?
>
>
> The readme of 4.2.1.7 refer to IC32125, which has been fixed.
> I have not had this problem, but it seems to deal with similar problems
> that I see now.
> Could it be the the fix for IC32125 that introduce new problems?
>
> I did't commit the 4.2.1.7, so I could go back to 4.2.1.6. However, my DB
> is huge, so I would prefer not to do so if not absolutely neccessary....
>
> AIX is 4.3.2
> Atape is 5.4.4.0
> atldd is 4.1.5.0
>
> The 3590's are E1A-models, SCSI-connected directly to the server.
>

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