We have already switched the scsi cables, but I can re-visit it again. The
vendor looks at the drive snapshots..when the error occurs..and everything
looks fine on their end.



Nancy Backhaus
Enterprise Systems
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Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU>
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        Subject:        Re: ANR8311E  Error -What does FLUSH operation mean?


Nancy - A Flush operation refers to writing to tape all the data
         which the tape drive has buffered...a sync operation.
Sounds like you have a drive problem.  But I've experienced what
seem to be drive problems when the actual problem was a cable
or SCSI terminator.  (We had what looked like a drive problem
for about a year: switching the terminator caused the problem to
go away.  Lesson: never overlook trivial causes.)

    Richard Sims




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