Yes, I do get I/O errors with the following message:

09/24/98 21:05:32     ANR1044I Removable volume 400247 is required for space

                       reclamation.

09/24/98 21:05:32     ANR8324I DLT volume 400247 is expected to be mounted

                       (R/O).

09/24/98 21:05:34     ANR8300E I/O error on library STK9710 (OP=00006C03,

                       CC=315, KEY=05, ASC=3B, ASCQ=0D,
SENSE=70.00.05.00.00.00-
                       .00.0C.00.00.00.00.3B.0D.00.00.00.00.00.00.,
Description-
                       =The destination slot or drive was full in an attempt
to
                       move a volume).  Refer to Appendix B in the
'Messages'
                       manual for recommended action.

09/24/98 21:05:34     ANR1401W Mount request denied for volume 400247 -
mount
                       failed.

09/24/98 21:05:34     ANR0986I Process 8074 for SPACE RECLAMATION running in

                       the BACKGROUND processed 131 items for a total of

                       63,141,865 bytes with a completion state of FAILURE
at
                       21:05:34.


There were drives available.  The next time ADSM called for this tape it had
been marked 'unavailable'.    ??????????????
Sandye J. Jackson

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Zarnowski [SMTP:vkm AT CORNELLC.CIT.CORNELL DOT EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 12:41 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: Problems with tapes constantly being made unavailable
>
> Are you getting I/O errors?
> If so, make sure you have current firmware levels on your drives (V72).
> What's the full message text for "aggragates are degrading"?  I haven't
> seen this one before.
>
> ..Paul
> --
> At 12:09 PM 10/7/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >We have a major problem here.  We are running ADSM V3.1.0 on an AIX
> server
> >attached to an STK9710 library using DLT7000 tapes.  We keep having
> problems
> >with tapes not being mounted even tho there are drives available (we have
> 6)
> >and then they are marked 'unavailable' and I have to check this out every
> >day and put them back in 'read/write' status.  Also, after this starts to
> >occur I get messages that 'aggragates are degrading' and that I need to
> do
> >an Audit.  Today my aggragates weren't just degraded, they were disabled.
> >STK says that their system is working fine.  IBM says that their's is
> also
> >ok.  Heeeellllppppp!!!
> >
> >Sandye J. Jackson
> >