Actually, the message "Repairing VCR data" seems to be perfectly normal
when
switching from 3590 to 3590E. You will have to 'move data' to convert
all
tapes to the new format, and a "repairing VCR data" message will appear
_once_
for each tape conversion.
However, do keep in mind that there _are_ huge problems with 3590E, but
they
have not much to do with this message. See the ADSM-L archive for more
on the
subject :P

My two cents,

    --Walter


Richard Sims wrote:
>
> >WORD TO THE WISE......If you can avoid going to 3590Es, DO IT.  Development
> >of 3590E support in ADSM is very recent, and while it may work, there have
> >been a number of issues with them involving ADSM.
>
> To keep this all in perspective...
> ADSM is not to blame for the "VCR data" problem.  This is a hardware problem 
> which
> has nothing to do with ADSM: any application using the tape drives would run 
> into it.
> Any customer having the problem should be getting resolution throught their 
> IBM CEs,
> who should be working to resolve the problem at every site, and not just 
> installing
> the drives and saying "See ya".  IBM hardware support has historically been 
> less
> than impressive, with no proactive support to their customers for well-known 
> problems
> with the drive microcode: it's always the customer who has to run into the 
> problem
> in a production environment, call it in, and then try to convince the CE who 
> claims
> to have never heard of it that there is a problem and that it is hardware.
> Second and more obvious: Be wary of anything new, not just 3590Es.  Anything 
> new
> in the field is getting its first real-world experiences, where all the design
> and compatibility problems will be exposed.  Wariness is standard practice in 
> the
> computer industry.  You adopt new hardware or software only if you have no 
> other
> choice; else wait a while for those who had no choice to expose and remedy the
> problems.
>             Richard Sims, BU

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Walter de Jong
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Systems Programmer at SARA -- National Supercomputer Services

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