I are also experience problem with our Magstar 3575 tapes C- format.  I have
update the firmware to the latest and the IBM CE is slowly replacing parts.


Michael, why do you add the volumes to the storage pool and not use scratch
tapes?  Is the a problem with the way ADSM handles the magstar tapes when
used as scratch?

FYI - Server is ADSM for AIX ver 3.1.1.5 running on AIX 4.2.1. 

Linda

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> From:         Michael Abel[SMTP:Michael.Abel AT RESNOVA DOT DE]
> Reply To:     ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
> Sent:         Tuesday, July 13, 1999 2:12 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: I/O - Errors on IBM Magstar 3575
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> We had a lot of problems with our B-Drives and B-Tapes...
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> To make a long story short: we worked on several problem areas in parallel
> and
> right now (knock on wood) we do not have any problems with our tapes. This
> is
> what we did:
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> - have an IBM CE replace part after part of the robotics, drive heads,
> drive
> electronics etc.
> - have IBM "media service" replace approximately 20% of our tapes
> - change the SCSI card (right here it was an Adaptec in a IBM PC NT box)
> - update the SCSI driver
> - update ADSM Server
> - monitor tapes carefully (we randomly do "audit vol" on all of our tapes)
> - we also added all volumes to the storage pool and don't use scratch
> tapes any
> longer
> 
> Mit freundlichem Gruss/Best Regards
> 
> Michael Abel
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