> On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 07:53:16PM +0200, Uwe Schreiber wrote:
>
> > did you look at
> >
> > service.boulder.ibm.com/storage/358x/    ???
>
> Did *you* look? 38D0 is the latest there, and he already has that version.

;-)

> Anyway, I also was on 38D0 and Atape 8.4.1.0. When one LTO2-FC drive had
> problems, it took down the AIX 5.2 machine it was attached to with it. It
> crashed hard, multiple times.
>
> Support told me that it was a problem with 38D0 in combination with Atape
> 8.4.1.0. Atape 8.4.1.5 was released to circumvent this, but the CE also
> placed 42D0 on the drives and 3484 on the library (a 3584).

I have Atape 8.3.6.0, running since 11/17/2003, and have not had those
kinds of problems.  Just the running off the reel.

It is a shame if IBM is no longer providing this microcode to the
customer.  If they are, then it is also a shame that the FTP site is so
out-of-date.

Thanks for your reply Jurjen.

Steve Roder
University at Buffalo
(spr AT buffalo DOT edu | (716)645-3564)