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Tapes won't label? Please help....

2015-10-04 17:59:02
Subject: Tapes won't label? Please help....
From: Tony White [SMTP:tony.white AT GTRI.GATECH DOT EDU]
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
HI everyone,

        I've gotten a strange error message, that I'm hoping one of you can
help
me with.  It happens when I try to have ADSM automatically label the
brand-new tapes in my Exabyte EXB-210 library (with two 8505XL drives).

I'm working from the command-line client on Windows NT4.0, with a
console-mode client open also so I can monitor the messages.  My server is
ADSM v3.1.0.3, running on AIX 4.x on an RS/6000 43P.

The command I enter is:

LABEL  LIBVOLUME  exb210  SEARCH=yes  LABELSOURCE=prompt  CHECKIN=scratch
OVERWRITE=yes

The result messages I get, after answering the prompt for the first label,
are:

ANR8304E Time out error on drive 8MM_DRV1 (/dev/mt0) in library EXB210.
ANR8300E I/O error on library EXB210 (OP=00006C03, CC=207, KEY=05, ASC=3B,
ASCQ=90,
SENSE=70.00.05.00.00.00.00.0A.00.00.00.00.3B.90.
00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.,
Description=Device is not in a state capable of performing request).  Refer
to
Appendix B in the 'Messages' manual for recommended action.
ANR8802E LABEL LIBVOLUME process 5 for library  failed.
ANR0985I Process 5 for LABEL LIBVOLUME running in the BACKGROUND completed
with completion state FAILURE at 22:01:52

Appendix 'B' in the Messages manual doesn't have that specific ASCQ listed,
and isn't very helpful in it's recommended actions.

Has anyone seen something like this before?  Where should I start looking
for the cause?

Thanks in advance!

Tony
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