Steve,
I also have 3570's that give me fits.  I don't get the same reaction as
you, but I get read/write errors and all sorts of other tape operation
errors.  I just opened a complaint with IBM about this.  I'm afraid I can't
offer you a solution, just the comfort of knowing someone else is also
having problems with these drives.

Brad





Steve Harris <steveh AT WESLEY.COM DOT AU> on 11/17/99 09:51:50 PM

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Subject:  3570 Drives Having conniptions




Hi All,

I'm running a 3575-L06 library with two 3570C drives and standard length
tapes
under AIX 4.3.2.
Several times in the last couple of months these drives have reported a
write
error on a tape and gone into a continuous reset cycle with all lights
flashing.
The only way out of this appears to be a power off and on.  Last night this
happened first on one drive and a few hours later on the other.
I've updated microcode on the drives to the latest available level, and I'm
a
bit downlevel on Atape at 4.1.7.0. Every tape that I've had these errors
reported on appears to be good when either tested or placed back into
service.

Has anyone else had this problem and does anyone know of a fix?

Thanks

Steve Harris
AIX/ADSM/Oracle/HACMP Guy
The Wesley Hospital, Brisbane Australia


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