this is an actuall tape problem. do a help on the anr message and it
gives you several ways to fix the problem - all of them relatively
easy....

Sharon Stidd

Client/Server Administrator
Alliance Data Systems
800 Tech Center Drive
Gahanna OH 43230
614/729-4340
Fax 614/729-4499

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> From:         Gail Johnson[SMTP:Johnson.GailA AT AMSTR DOT COM]
> Sent:         Thursday, May 21, 1998 12:43 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Lost VCR DATA--3570/3575
>
> We have ADSM 2.1.5.13 - A 3466 Netstore with 3570/3575 drives.
>
> We had some drives that needed cleaning but the cleaning cartridge was
> not in
> the tape silo -- therefore, when tapes were read we received the
> following
> message:
>
> 05/21/1998 09:38:59  ANR8776W Volume 164543 in drive RMT3 (/dev/rmt3)
> contains lost VCR data; performance may be degraded.
>
> The IBM CE came out and worked on the physical box, we thought the
> problem
> was fixed.  Then when the tape drive mounted the tapes with VCR lost
> data on
> them, we get an I/O error - LOCA
> TE error -- then ADSM just hangs.
>
> I am opening a PMR this morning with IBM - but thought I'd throw this
> out
> there to see if anyone else experienced this problem and has any
> recommendations....Thanks.
>