>By the way, can I look into the ptf database? Is it something
restricted
>to IBM or it is public accesible? If this is the case, can tell me
the
>page to connect?

Frequently asked questions like that are addressed in my ADSM
functional
directory, at  http://people.bu.edu/rbs.  To wit:

  APARs, PTFs (APAR repository/APAR database):

http://service.software.ibm.com/cgi-bin/support/rs6000.support/databas
es

The tape you had a problem with may be fine: it may be the drive which
has a
problem.  I'd exercise the drive using the 'tapeutil' command, and in
any case
fill a tape to EOV to see what happens.

   Richard Sims, BU