On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Jurjen Oskam wrote: > 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?
As a matter of fact, yes; I was going to report that they *always* show up on that drive, but I found a couple of exceptions to that; I'd say over 90% of the time it's the drive acting 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) I've forwarded that info to our IBM hardware representative. Thanks! Regards, Bill Bill Kelly Auburn University OIT 334-844-9917
