Leave MT1.0.0.3 offline and reissued the move data.  It will then have
to pick another drive to try the mount.

>>> alazarev AT ITG.UIUC DOT EDU 2/13/2004 2:14:14 PM >>>
TSM 5.1.6.5 server on windows 2K server SP4. Adaptec 29160 controller.
Overland Neo 4100 with 2 X LTO-2 SCSI drives. 31 LTO2 tapes.

One of our drives, MT1.0.0.3, keeps going offline with the following
error:

02/13/2004 12:00:39  ANR8944E Hardware or media error on drive
MT1.0.0.3
                     (mt1.0.0.3) (OP=READ, Error Number=1117, CC=305,
                     KEY=04, ASC=44, ASCQ=00,
                     SENSE=F0.00.04.00.00.24.47.0E.00.00.00.-
                     00.44.00.00.00.30.20.00.00.00.00.,
Description=Drive
                     failure).  Refer to Appendix D in the 'Messages'
                     manual for recommended action.

One particular tape keeps making the drive fail - ITG017L2. When I
move
data off that tape, the server ALWAYS mounts that tape into MT1.0.0.3.
The drive then fails with the error above and the drive is marked as
offline. Yet the tape reports no read or write errors. So I'm not sure
where the problem lies: tape or drive.

I have a suspicion it is the tape, what I need to do is force tape
ITG017L2 into the other drive, MT2.0.0.3, and try moving the data from
that other drive. If MT2.0.0.3 fails the same way, then I'm almost
certain
it's a bad tape.

Is there a way to force the server to put tape ITG017L2 into drive
MT2.0.0.3 for a move data?

Thanks in advance,

Alex