We get them all the time and just increase the cleaning frequency
and/or put a couple of new cleaning tapes in the robot.

... joe.f.

Joseph A Faracchio,  Systems Programmer, UC Berkeley
Private mail on any topic should be directed to :
   joef AT socrates.berkeley DOT edu

On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, Bruce Kamp wrote:

> Has anybody seen these errors before?  IBM has been here many times &
> replaced the read/write heads & loaded the latest micro code on the drives
> but I keep getting them.....
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> LABEL:          SIM_MIM_RECORD_3590
> IDENTIFIER:     D1A1AE6F
>
> Date/Time:       Tue Aug 28 07:42:06
> Sequence Number: 2770
> Machine Id:      00012953A300
> Node Id:         tsmserv
> Class:           H
> Type:            INFO
> Resource Name:   rmt4
> Resource Class:  tape
> Resource Type:   3590
> Location:        00-08-01-3,0
> VPD:
>         Manufacturer................IBM
>         Machine Type and Model......03590E1A
>         Serial Number...............0000000F3420
>         Device Specific.(FW)........E32E
>         Loadable Microcode Level....A0B00E26
>
> Description
> TAPE SIM/MIM RECORD
>
> Probable Causes
> TAPE DRIVE
> Failure Causes
> TAPE DRIVE
>
>         Recommended Actions
>         REFER TO PRODUCT DOCUMENTATION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
>
> Detail Data
> DIAGNOSTIC EXPLANATION
> 3100 0044 0000 6140 0130 3030 3030 3030 3233 3245 3537 3030 3941 3030 3030
> 3030
> 4646 4335 3539 4335 3539 3830 3030 4942 4D31 332D 3030 3030 3030 3046 3334
> 3230
> 3033 3539 3045 3141
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> LABEL:          TAPE_DRIVE_CLEANING
> IDENTIFIER:     E507DCF9
>
> Date/Time:       Tue Aug 28 07:39:03
> Sequence Number: 2769
> Machine Id:      00012953A300
> Node Id:         tsmserv
> Class:           H
> Type:            INFO
> Resource Name:   rmt4
> Resource Class:  tape
> Resource Type:   3590
> Location:        00-08-01-3,0
> VPD:
>         Manufacturer................IBM
>         Machine Type and Model......03590E1A
>         Serial Number...............0000000F3420
>         Device Specific.(FW)........E32E
>         Loadable Microcode Level....A0B00E26
>
> Description
> TAPE DRIVE NEEDS CLEANING
>
> Probable Causes
> TAPE DRIVE
>
> Failure Causes
> TAPE DRIVE
>
>         Recommended Actions
>         CLEAN TAPE DRIVE
>
> Detail Data
> SENSE DATA
> 0603 0000 1B00 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0102 0000 7000 0100 0000 0058 0000
> 0000
> 0017 FF03 C94B 4033 0005 0140 0000 0000 0000 1B00 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
> 0000
> 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 8000 3332
> 4520
> 2020 2000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
> 0000
> 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
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> Bruce Kamp
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