Today we checked the lin_tape driver versions. Well, in 3.0.23 are a number of 
fixes for issues introduced in our current level 3.0.20… Found out another nice 
issue: we’re at redhat 7.4, while lin_tape doesn’t seem to support RHEL 7.4.


> On 10 Jan 2018, at 10:32, Remco Post <r.post AT PLCS DOT NL> wrote:
> 
>> On 10 Jan 2018, at 02:05, Harris, Steven <steven.harris AT BTFINANCIALGROUP 
>> DOT COM <mailto:steven.harris AT BTFINANCIALGROUP DOT COM>> wrote:
>> 
>> Remco
>> 
>> Can you please explain  what the fall-out is?
> 
> The fall-out is TSM locking up a CPU in an uninterruptible routine, with only 
> one solution: reboot the entire Linux box.
> 
>> 
>> I'm using TSM 7.1.0 on AIX and have issues with LTO6 drives emulating LTOs.  
>> Sometimes I just power cycle the drive and that clears the problem, but that 
>> does not always work.
>> 
>> Whilst I don't have any linux servers or storage agents in that particular 
>> mix, I'd like to understand what you are seeing for future reference.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Steve
>> 
>> Steven Harris
>> TSM Admin/Consultant
>> 
>> Canberra Australia
>> 
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