On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 08:03:57AM -0600, Bill Kelly wrote:

> Thanks for the reply.  Yes, I've got TapeAlerts enabled.  And yes, we've
> seen all sorts of 'silly' TapeAlerts in the past couple of months; some
        [...]
> information show up.  It sounds to me as if we're experiencing the same
> firmware problems you've seen.

Indeed the symptoms seem to suggest that you have the exact same problem
as we have. Do the TapeAlerts mostly occur on the drive that acts as the
control port?

> I will contact IBM to see about these firmware upgrades you've been
> testing; perhaps they're close to making the upgrade generally available.

Please also mention hardware call number B1S5C48 (issued by IBM in The
Netherlands), as I was repeatedly told that we're the only one with this
problem. (I think the problem is relatively serious - I don't like being
told that "my data is at risk" by my backup system)

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