Are you using tapes that have been written to xxx times? If so try using new tapes (dds3) tapes...



-------------- Original message from Tom Hula <[log in to unmask]>: -------------- 


> After at least 2-3 years of faithful service, my DAT3 drive failed. 
> 
> I am in the middle of trying to work out with HP on fixing the problem. 
> 
> It gives me the following when trying to store to the a tape: 
> 
> STORE ENCOUNTERED MEDIA WRITE ERROR ON LDEV 7 (S/R 1454) 
> SPECIFICALLY, STORE RECEIVED ERROR -44 FROM THE IO SYSTEM (S/R 1557) 
> STORE IS MARKING MEDIA1 BAD ON LDEV 7 
> LDEV 7 REQUIRES CLEANING, PLEASE USE CLEANING CASSETTE 
> 
> 
> It happened on Friday just after I had cleaned it twice. The last time this 
> happened, they sent in a new drive and that worked. This time, they sent 
> in a new drive, and it does the same thing. 
> 
> I was wondering if it was possible to switch ldev 7 to a different bay in the 
> 5300 enclosure, since I'm not using them anyway...or if there is a more helpful 
> idea. 
> 
> Here is the Ldev from sysgen: 
> 
> io> ldev 7 
> LDEV: 7 DEVNAME: OUTDEV: 0 MODE: R 
> ID: HPC1537A RSIZE: 128 DEVTYPE: TAPE 
> PATH: 0/0/1/0.6.0 MPETYPE: 24 MPESUBTYPE: 7 
> CLASS: TAPE 
> 
> Thanks! 
> 
> Tom Hula 
> Victor S. Barnes Company 
> 
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