>sorry for the slow reply. very busy. > >tapeutil i think is a utility and is part of the atape driver set. this = >utility can be used to test and diagnose the functionality of your = >library and tapedrives from the operating system and works independant = >of TSM which can be very useful.=20
Thanks for the response. The StorageTek 9714 is not an IBM tape library so I don't think the Atape package containing 'tapeutil' is available to me. I couldn't resolve the problem so have had to revert to my AIX 4.3.3 machine which can communicate with the library fine. I have raised a PMR with IBM. Let's hope it can be resolved before the end of the year when AIX 4.3.3 is no longer supported ! +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Steven Bridge Systems Group, Information Systems, EISD University College London