I just Upgraded my library from 2 to 4 drives and did the full microcode 
upgrade. I think it was 3290 that was installed. Haven't had any problems since.

You think having 17 of 35 drives offline is bad, try 2 out of 2 because of 
stuck tapes. That little clip has really saved me alot of greef since it was 
installed...


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"Anthonijsz, Marcel M SITI-ITDGE13" <Marcel.Anthonijsz AT SHELL DOT 
COM>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 2003-07-31 09:38:20

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Objet :     Re: New 3584 Library Firmware available

Anybody of you daredevils already implemented this code?
What are the benefits and what differences do you see?

We have just upgraded our LTO1 drives to 35V0 and library to 3060. We had 
already planned everything through change control etc. and then IBM told us 
that we could also
upgrade to 3290... So this is next change...

IBM also placed a new type of spring/clip in the LTO1 drives, helping a lot 
against stuck tapes (or error code B881 on your 3584 library). The weekend 
before the change
we had 17 of 35 drives offline due to stuck tapes... Grrr.

So if you see many of these errors, ask your CE for the new clip placement...

Marcel Anthonijsz
Central Data Storage Manager (a.k.a. storman)
Shell Information Technology International B.V.
PO Box 1027, 2260 BA  Leidschendam, The Netherlands

Tel: +31-70 303 4984
Mob: +31-6 24 23 6522
Email: Marcel.Anthonijsz AT shell DOT com

-----Original Message-----
From: Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM [mailto:Eric-van.Loon AT KLM DOT COM]
Sent: 30. j=FAl=ED 2003 15:02
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: New 3584 Library Firmware available


Hi *SM-ers!
For all other proud owners of an IBM 3584 UltraScalable library: IBM has
silently published a new microcode (level 3290) for this library. You =
can
find it at: ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/storage/358x/3584/, filename
3290bin.tar or 3290bin.zip.
Kindest regards,
Eric van Loon
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines