These new high density tapes have a culling rate of about 1 out of 100.  So,
this one may just be a bad one.

Paul D. Seay, Jr.
Technical Specialist
Naptheon Inc.
757-688-8180


-----Original Message-----
From: David Macisso [mailto:David_Macisso AT RCAB DOT ORG]
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 11:47 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Exabyte M2 tapes - Logevity


I have a number of Exabye M2 tapes in which TSM (5.1) is reporting several
read errors (in one case as many as 15,000 errors).  Also some tapes report
1 or 2 write errors.  According to Exabyte the 8mm AME tape logevity is
rated around 20,000 passes.  Is there a report within Tivoli, that will help
me determine the number of passes on a particular volume?

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David Macisso
IBM Certified Specialist - AIX System Administration Archdiocese of Boston
Ph: 617-746-5617
Fx: 617-746-5938