Rich,

I have (!), but only after the upgrade from 3590 to 3590E. IBM is looking
at it ... I let you know if something'll come out.

Mauro, STM

> It seems like we have had a larger than normal occurrences of 3590
tapes
> with media errors, it seems like every day I see different tapes in
> read-only status but when I do a q vol <volser> f=d I dont see any read
> errors. I usually just reset these to readwrite and watch for more
errors.
> Occasionally I do see some read errors and I have had to restore some
> volumes just recently from offsite copies.  These ultra scsi 3590's are
in a
> 3494 library with latest library code, and the drives have the B833
> microcode on them.
> I was just wondering if other 3590 shops have similar bad media
problems,
> and how often.  Our library has about 400 tapes, and we have had about
20
> bad tapes in the past few months.  (Were at adsm 3.1.2.50 on aix 4.2.1,
with
> latest Atape 5.0.1)
>
> Thanks
> Rich Lynch
> Miller brewing Co, Milwaukee WI
> 414 931 4313