Cyndi

    I had the exact same problem with the DLT4700 tape library on an NT
server as you are having.  You need a new ADSMSCSI driver installed.
The one I had was dated 9/16/96.  I had to install the one dataed
2/14/97.

    I got the driver from an IBM ftp site but I do not remember the name
of the site.  Contact IBM and tell them you need the ADSMSCSI driver
dated 2/14/97 or later.  When you get the driver remember to install it
in \WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS.

   Ron Heflin
   IBM Global services
>         Hello all,
>
>         I'm desperatly looking for an answer to a tape drive problem
>         I'm having. I'm running the ADSM V2.1 server on a Windows NT
>         machine and using a DLT4700 tape library.
>
>         What keeps happening intermittenly is I'm getting an I/O error
>         when a backup kicks off and tries to use a tape. In the actlog
>         it looks like this:
>
>         ANR8300E I/O error on library AUTOLIB (OP=8401C058,
>         CC=207, KEY=ff, ASC=FF, ASCQ=FF, Description=Device is
>         not in a state capable of performing request). Refer to
>         Appendix B in the 'Messages' manual for recommended action.
>
>         ANR1401W Mount request denied for volume DSM007 - mount
>         failed.
>
>         It repeats these errors some more with CC=315 in all the
>         others.
>
>         I thought I'd found the problem when I was able to recreate
>         it by unloading a tape manually before ADSM had done it but
>         it happened again last night when no one was around to do
that.
>
>         When this error has occured it has sometimes marked the
>         tape for read only access because it thinks something is
>         wrong with it. I've swapped out tape drives and this doesn't
>         solve it either.
>
>         Anyone else seen this problem?
>
>
>                         Thanks!
>
>                         Cyndi Wood
>
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