Side note - I thought I'd give tapeutil a go, but it does not appear to be
install on my box.  Running Atape 12.2.4.0.   Anyone know if tapeutil should
still be installed with this version of Atape, or if there's somewhere else
I could look for it?

regards,

Paul


On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Marcel Anthonijsz <marcel AT anthonijsz DOT 
net>wrote:

> Paul,
>
> No, I have not seen this before: I use IBM Atape and tapeutil -f /dev/smc0
> inventory without any problem.
>
> Make sure that TSM or another program is not using the library device at
> the
> same time or program around that.
> Maybe a previous perl script that hangs/waits until next timeout?
>
> Marcel
>
> 2011/5/9 Paul Fielding <paul AT fielding DOT ca>
>
> > I have a wierd issue I'm hoping someone has seen before.   I have a 3584
> > tape library attached to an AIX box.  I have a bunch of perl scripts that
> > deal with tape automation.  Part of this process uses lbtest to grab the
> > current contents of the IO door.   However, I've had it happen a few
> times
> > where things stopped working, and when I investigate I find that lbtest
> has
> > suddenly stopped returning barcodes.   All of the elements show FULL or
> > EMPTY, but no barcodes are listed, and barcode_len = 0.
> >
> > If I go to the library web gui, I see the barcodes.  And if I just leave
> > things alone, in 24h or so it seems to go back to normal.  Nothing I do
> to
> > the library (including rebooting it) seems to fix the problem
> immediately.
> >
> > Very very wierd.  Anyone seen this before?
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Paul
> >
>
>
>
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>
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