I haven't used them in a while but there may be a mtlib command that could
check to see if the 3494 still shows the tape mounted in the drive after you
get the ANR8468I message.
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Subject: [ADSM-L] 3494 tape dismount problem
TSM 5.5.2 on Windows
3494 classic (aka "old") tape library with TCP/IP connection for the robot,
four fibre-connected 3592-E05 drives.
A couple of times a week, a tape gets left in drive 4; always that drive,
different cartridges.
I say "left" instead of "stuck", as there are no dismount errors in TSM, no FID
codes on the drive.
The CE has replaced the drive twice, so it isn't the drive mechanism.
Firmware on library and drives is up to date.
Can't be the software drivers, as it only affects the 1 drive.
Sequence of events is below;
No dismount error, but subsequent mounts fail because there is a tape in the
drive.
Am I correct that since the ANR8468I indicates a successful dismount, TSM must
have gotten a "dismount completed" message back from the library over TCP/IP?
If so that leaves the problem in the robotics, and eliminates any issues with
the HBA or fibre cables...
What say you classic 3494 owners out there?
Sequence of events:
01/14/2011 18:31:09 ANR8337I 3592 volume B01141 mounted in drive DRIVE4
(\\.\Tape0). (SESSION: 55830, PROCESS: 1958)
...
01/14/2011 18:44:15 ANR8336I Verifying label of 3592 volume B01141 in drive
DRIVE4 (\\.\Tape0). (SESSION: 55830, PROCESS: 1958)
01/14/2011 18:45:33 ANR8468I 3592 volume B01141 dismounted from drive DRIVE4
(\\.\Tape0) in library 3592LIB. (SESSION: 55830, PROCESS:
1958)
...
01/14/2011 20:30:40 ANR8381E 3592 volume B00752 could not be mounted in drive
DRIVE4 (\\.\Tape0). (PROCESS: 1960)
We've also seen:
01/15/2011 00:43:46 ANR8749E Library order sequence check on library 3592LIB.
(PROCESS: 1963)
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