I do not believe the tape was degaussed, since then the cartridge would never have been successfully re-initialized. The fact that tape initialization finally took place seems to imply that maybe there are different models of the TS1120/3592 drives inside the TS3400 library. For example, there is a requirement to have micro-code upgrade to a 3592 Model E05 or E06 to support media re-use of MEDIA9/MEDIA10 type cartridges.
So the question is what type of physical media was being re-initialized and do you have a mixture of TS1120 models inside your robot. Also, as others have asked, which UCB addresses failed and which UCB address was successful? If it was the same device all 4 times and 3 out of 4 times it failed; then I would be leaning more to a hardware problem with that specific device. Russell Witt CA 1 Principal Software Architect On 07/31/14, R.S.<[email protected]> wrote: W dniu 2014-07-31 18:05, Rajesh Janakiraman pisze: > 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. > > Wild guess: maybe someome degaussed the cartridge ? -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland TS3400 li ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
