ADSM-L

Re: ADSM and 3590 Performance on RS6000 S7A?

1999-06-08 07:48:17
Subject: Re: ADSM and 3590 Performance on RS6000 S7A?
From: Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 07:48:17 -0400
>Try checking the blocksize on your tape drive.
>
>I've had problems where an interrupted mksysb backup has left a drive with a
>blocksize of 512 and this caused similar symptoms on a 3575 library.  Change 
>the
>blocksize to zero and it will take off again.

ADSM sets tape drive attributes to be appropriate to its needs.
Verify this in AIX by doing 'lsattr -E -l rmt_'.
If you "steal" the drive from ADSM to do something in between ADSM
uses, you may subvert settings.
  Richard Sims, BU