We have been discovering, on a somewhat infrequent basis,
tapes that go physically to read-only onthe tab in our 3494.
And yet each time I can produce logs that show the file was
written on since the last time the robot door was opened/closed.
In other words I can only believe that the tab is m
If the tape is experiencing 'excessive media failures', meaning that
the tape can possibly be damaged, it will continue to change status of said
tape into 'readonly' state (write protected).
Larry Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
04/25/2001 02:06 PM
Please respond to "A
Have you checked the write-protect settings on the physical media?
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What determines if a tape is write protected? Had discovered that tape were in a
status of Private but not being used. I updated the volume and placed in scratch but
when TSM attempts
The tape has a physical write protect mechanism. On 3490s there's a thumbwheel on the
tape and if you turn it until the flat surface shows, then it's write protected. Other
types of tapes such as 8mm Exabytes may have break-off tabs like those on music
cassettes.
Also check the access of the t
What type of tape?
The "write protected" error is because someone has physically flipped the
write-protect tab on the tape cartridge.
But the tab is in a different place depending on the tape type...
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