Try powering off and then powering on the drives, or the whole library.
Works for me most of the time.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Wheeler [SMTP:Bill.Wheeler AT LA-Z-BOY DOT COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 11:21 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Tape Drive Failures
>
> Hello *SMers,
>
>         Just a quick question out there for all of you.   I am currently
> receiving tape drive failures when trying to check in and out tapes, also
> during our nightly archive.   They have been increasing during the last
> few
> months.  My environment is Magstar 3570, 2 drives.   I am currently
> running
> TSM 4.1.2.0 on AIX 4.3.3.   I have been cleaning the drives regularly, but
> am not sure if I should be IBM involved or not.  One of the main problems
> is
> that when the drive gets the error, the drive does not reset.  It could be
> the tapes causing the problems, but the drives are still not resetting.
> Just yesterday someone was checking in tapes and loaded the wrong one, but
> the drive failed due wrong tape being mounted.  Then the drive did not
> reset
> itself.   Is there anything that I can do without calling IBM to see if I
> can get this fixed?
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Bill Wheeler
> PDM Administrator
> La-Z-Boy Incorporated
> (734) 242-1444 x 6170