-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Lizette Koehler
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 9:22 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Tape Initialization Issue
Basic questions
What level of z/OS?
What type of hardware - TS7720, STK, other?
And according to the message manual
IEH622I
SERVO TRACKS MISSING AND THE DEVICE DOES NOT SUPPORT
FORMATTING. RETURN CARTRIDGE TO SUPPLIER TO BE REFORMATTED.
Explanation
IEHINITT cannot label the tape because the tape does not contain servo
track
information and the device does not support the rewriting of servo
tracks.
System action
None.
Operator response
Return the tape to the supplier so that the servo tracks can be
rewritten.
So the question is:
Provide the IEHINIT Jobstream and control cards, Do a DS (Devser)
command
against your UCB and make sure it is the one it should be.
Make sure your hardware for tape is described correctly in the IOGEN.
Lizette
-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Rajesh Janakiraman
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 9:05 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Tape Initialization Issue
Dear Mates,
While i Initialize a new tape cartridge for monthly backup, it was
showing
in spool
that
IEH622I SERVO TRACKS MISSING AND THE DEVICE DOES NOT
SUPPORT
FORMATTING.
RETURN CARTRIDGE TO SUPPLIER TO BE REFORMATTED.
IEH607I ALLOCATED DEVICES EXHAUSTED
What does this mean?
This was happening for 3 times and after submitting the job for 4th
time
the tape got
initialized normally.
Mates, pls explain if you have any idea why this issue occurred and
how it
got
rectified.
Is this was a hardware problem or cartridge issue.
Thanks & Regards,
Rajesh Janakiraman
Mainframe System Analyst
Rajesh,
You either have a bad tape, or a bad tape drive. I would not use the
tape to store data until you've verified that the tape drive initing it
is good. Then you need to check the other tape drives that couldn't
find the servo tracks. I would tend to believe after three attempts
that the servo tracks are missing or bad. The fourth attempt could be
dumb luck or a tape drive that couldn't detect the bad servo tracks.
Either way, I wouldn't use that tape, and I would have my tape drives
serviced with diagnostics.
Regards,
Tom Conley
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