Hello,
do you have DLT7000 drives in your STK9710 ? If yes, then your problem
would probably be apar IX84124. The error messages would tell us more.
If you receive message
 ANR9999D PVRGTS.C (xxx): Illegal position for tape volume ...
then the above apar is indeed your problem. There was a test fix for this
apar on index.storsys.ibm.com in early november but the fix has been
removed. I am waiting for the adsm developer to make the fix available
again for another customer who has experienced this problem.
Have a good day !
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Rejean Larivee
Rejean Larivee
IBM ADSM Level 2 Support


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Bob Miller <CBRM AT ARGUSHEALTH DOT COM> on 12/08/98 07:36:02 PM

Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>

To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
cc:    (bcc: Rejean Larivee/Quebec/IBM)
Subject:  Re: Conversion to ADSM version 3





I am not real familiar with the STK 9710 but could it need a later
Microcode version for the hardware?  Our 3490s needed to be upgraded when
we went to 3.1.

>>> "Kauffman, Tom" <KauffmanT AT NIBCO DOT COM> 12/07/98 03:01PM >>>
I'm having a REAL problem getting to ADSM version 3 -- any suggestions
greatly appreciated!

We're currently running ADSM V2.1.5.13 ('enhanced') on AIX 4.2.1 with
Storage Tek's ACSLS version 5.1 and an STK 9710.

I have been trying to go to ADSM version 3.1.x *without* the STK
software. ADSM installs clean, can find the STK library -- but can't
read the current tapes. The most recent 'fix' was to install the latest
version of the 'enhanced' ADSM and migrate from there. This doesn't look
like it will work either.

I have no problem with a mixed definition for a short time period - the
vast bulk of my data is in archive format that ages off over either 8 or
21 days - but I've *got* to be able to read it until it goes away. The
600 GB of incremental data can be copied as time permits.

I'm finally in a position to try things out in a test environment, and
will be re-opening a trouble call with IBM tomorrow - but if there are
any ideas here, I'd appreciate them.

Tom Kauffman
Sr. Technical Analyst
NIBCO, Inc.

kauffmant AT nibco DOT com
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