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Re: bad tapes

2002-10-03 06:28:34
Subject: Re: bad tapes
From: "Emil S. Hansen" <esh AT POP3.BIT DOT DK>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 12:01:23 +0200
On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 01:11:39PM -0500, Alexander Lazarevich wrote:
> 1) is there any scenareo where a tape is still good, yet the server sets
> it to READ ONLY?

If you have a hardware failure on one of your drives it can mark all
tapes that is mounted in it as READONLY. Happend to me once or twice
with some of our 3590E drives.

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Emil S. Hansen - esh AT pop3.bit DOT dk - ESH14-DK
UNIX Administrator, Berlingske IT - www.bit.dk
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