ADSM-L

Re: Tape Access set to Unavailable

1996-08-09 02:52:31
Subject: Re: Tape Access set to Unavailable
From: Andreas Floeter <Andreas.Floeter AT AIRBUS DOT DE>
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 08:52:31 +0200
On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, Richard Flagg wrote:

> Has anyone out there seen this?
>
> I have AIX ADSM eval copy, IBM 7331 with 1 drive, 10 tapes defined
> to system.

If you have a fast-wide single ended SCSI adapter check if it has ROS
level 74 or higher. I had tape getting in the state read-only or
unavailable with this kind of SCSI adapter and a Exabyte EXB-480.

> When I backup and fill disk storage pool it trys to mount tape.
> It sets tape to Unavailable.
> issue update to set access=read/write
> try again
> It sets tape to Unavailable.
>
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