1) See VoAn's post on the fixtest.
2) You don't have to reboot. All you have to do is to halt and
restart the ADSM server daemon.
Rich
At 04:18 PM 10/25/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi.
>
>We just recently had micrcode upgraded on our 3590B's and have noticed a few
>things. First, the code on the drive now seems to spit back errors to adsm
>when it sees a tape with media errors. This is all fine and dandy but
>evertime it does this (recognize a bad tape, then mark it read-only) it
>seems ADSM loses its mind and puts the vol in the "IN USE" state. This
>happens to be a known issue with IBM. They recomend recycling the server and
>have not as of yet made a fix for it. We have over 700 volumes in our
>library and more and more tapes are being marked bad. Quite frankly Iam
>disguted with having to bring down all our apps and have operations screech
>to halt just becasue of this *retarded* situation. To us this is a VERY big
>problem. Iam just curious to know how many other ppl have come accross this.
>Is it just us??
>
>
>Ernie Lim
>Sr. UNIX Consultant
>Highway 407 ETR
>http://www.407etr.com
>
>Here is the APAR in all its glory.
>
>
>APAR NUMBER: IY02438 RESOLVED AS: PROGRAM ERROR
>
>ABSTRACT:
>IY02438: WHEN AN ERROR IS DETECTED ON A TAPE VOLUME (3570 & 3590 DRIVES),
>ADSM MAY NOT RELEASE THAT TAPE: THE VOLUME WILL REMAIN "IN USE"
>
>ORIGINATING DETAILS:
>When ADSM reports that data on a volume needs to be moved to a
>new cartridge due to volume errors, ADSM will continue to hold
>that volume in a state of "in use". This, in turn, can cause
>any other operations or processes requesting this volume to
>fail. This problem only affects 3570 and 3590 drives. The
>following error messages will be seen in the activity log when
>this condition is encountered:
> ANR8830E Internal 3590 drive diagnostics detect excessive
> media failures for volume . Access mode is now set
> to "read-only".
> ANR8831W Because of media errors for volume , data should
> be removed as soon as possible.
> ANR9999D mmslib.c(5108): Entry not found in activity list;
> lib=ADSM3494, vol=.
> ANR8468I 3590 volume dismounted from drive DRIVE1
> (/dev/rmt8) in library ADSM3494.
>
>LOCAL FIX AS REPORTED BY ORIGINATOR:
>Recycling the ADSM Server will resolve this situation. It is
>recommended, however, that the data contained on any of the tape
>volumes generating these errors be moved to another cartridge.
>
>RESPONDER SUMMARY:
>****************************************************************
>* USERS AFFECTED: *
>ADSM AIX, NT, SUN and HP servers with 3570/3590 drives.
>****************************************************************
>* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: *
>On 3570/3590 drives, ADSM marks a volume read-only to
>prevent further writes if the internal drive diagnostics
>have detected excessive media failures. Any other server
>operations that use this volume will not start because
>ADSM believes the volume is still in use.
>If the activity log contains ANR8830E and ANR8831W messages,
>then the customer has encountered this problem.
>****************************************************************
>* RECOMMENDATION: *
>Apply the PTF when available.
>****************************************************************
>ADSM allows operations that use a cartridge marked read-only
>to start. It does not believe the volume is still in use.
>
>RESPONDER CONCLUSION:
>None
>
>TEMPORARY FIX:
>Halt and restart the ADSM server.
>
>
Richard C. Dempsey email: dempsey AT kodak DOT com
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