I tried that for a couple hours yesterday.  There are two drives, I
disabled one and tried both element numbers on the working drive.
Nothing!  Then I disabled that drive and tried both element numbers on
the 2nd drive.  Nothing!

A great idea, but unfortunately I already tried that one.

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Joshua S. Bassi
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-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Mark Stapleton
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 11:09 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: 3583 FC Problem

From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
Joshua Bassi
> I have already read this Redbook.  I have been working with IBM Level
2
> support to resolve the issue and thus far nothing is working.  I can
use
> lbtest from NT to mount and unmount tapes, but when TSM goes to load a
> tape it loads successful but then can't seem to do anything with it.
I
> have the local IBM CE coming out (again!) today to test the tape
drives.

A good beer says you've got a mismatch of element numbers with LUN
numbers.
That would explain
1) why lbtest works fine
2) why the library will load a tape (tape load uses the LUN to locate
the
device), but also why it can't read, write, or unload the tape. (These
operations use the element number.)

Element match with fiber drives is tricky. Your best bet is disable (via
upd
path) all drives but one, and use trial and error to get the element
right.

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Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
Certified TSM consultant
Certified AIX system engineer
MCSE