> > Even after restarting the TSM server we still cannot redefine the drive (we
> > get the same error message).
> > We have managed to delete and redefine one of our other tape drives.
> >
> > Has anyone got any suggestions about this error and how we can redefine our
> > drive?
>
> Robert,  it probably sounds silly, but restarting (i.e. power the robot off
> and on) did help us. Some time ago we had the same problem, except that it
> was a 3590 drive in a 3494 library.
>

I had the same problem on a 3584 library, it was fixed after a firmware upgrade.

Paul Gomersbach