Hi Charles,

I had this same error a few weeks ago. It was caused by a bad drive.

  Thanks,

  Bill

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu] On Behalf Of 
Lamb, Charles P.
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 8:13 AM
To: ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu
Subject: AIX ERRPT ID 5537AC5F TAPE DRIVE FAILURE MESSAGE Question

Hi..............

Has anyone experienced AIX ERRPT ID 5537AC5F TAPE DRIVE FAILURE MESSAGE??  IBM 
says this appears to be an FCS/FSCSI protocol driver issue and are looking into 
this issue (PMR 28375,379,000/PMR# 71738,379,000).

AIX V6.1.9.3
Atape V12.8.0.0
TSM Server V6.2.5.0

LABEL:          TAPE_ERR4
IDENTIFIER:     5537AC5F

Date/Time:       Tue Sep  9 22:38:02 CDT 2014
Sequence Number: 811703
Machine Id:      0009C7A6D600
Node Id:         cgoaix08
Class:           H
Type:            PERM
WPAR:            Global
Resource Name:   rmt9
Resource Class:  tape
Resource Type:   3580
Location:        U7311.D20.067F4CB-P1-C03-T1-W50050763004B190C-L0

VPD:
        Manufacturer................IBM
        Machine Type and Model......ULT3580-TD4
        Serial Number...............00078C0D17
        Device Specific.(FW)........C7QH

Description
TAPE DRIVE FAILURE

Probable Causes
ADAPTER
TAPE DRIVE

Failure Causes
ADAPTER
TAPE DRIVE

        Recommended Actions
        PERFORM PROBLEM DETERMINATION PROCEDURES

Detail Data
SENSE DATA
0600 0000 1B00 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0200 0300 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000