Place this in cron have it run every 15 - 30 minutes 
(depending on how busy your environment is)

BEGIN SCRIPT DRIVEWATCH
!/bin/sh
# Add interested parties below:
someone_who_cares=YOURADDR@HERE
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmoprcmd -d ds | 
   grep DOWN >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -ne 1 ];then
        echo "Please check DLT drives on MASTER:

`/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmoprcmd -d ds` 

Will attempt to place drive(s) in UP status" > 
/tmp/drivecheck
echo "" >> /tmp/drivecheck

        for i in `/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmoprcmd -d ds
  | tail +5 | grep DOWN|awk '{print $1}'`
        do
          /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmoprcmd -up $i
        done

echo "***Check all logs to determine cause.***" >>\
  /tmp/drivecheck
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmoprcmd -d ds >> /tmp/drivecheck
cat /tmp/drivecheck | /usr/ucb/mail -s "DLT Drives" \
  $someone_who_cares
fi


This works for me ...

David Chapa
DataStaff, Inc.

Quoting Shane Garvey <Shane.Garvey AT xilinx DOT com>:

> Hi Folks,
>
> >From time-to-time I get a bad DLT7000 cartridge 
which causes the
> client backup to fail and the drive is downed as a 
result.
> Is there anyway to get around this problem ?
>
> I have a Sun L3500 (rebadged ATL 7x00 series )tape 
library.
> I am running Netbackup 3.2 on solaris 2.6.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> thanks
> shane.
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