In message <[log in to unmask]>, John Bawden 
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>Blanchard,
>
>I think you are making a mistake restricting responses to <<only 
>qualified HP S.E.s>>. The combined knowledge on this list far exceeds 
>the majority of HP SEs that still work with HP3000s.
>
>John Bawden
>Homestead3000 Consulting
>MPE Forever

And anyway, Mr BLC can easily ensure he gets responses only from 
qualified HP SEs by calling HP with this problem under the terms of his 
HP3000 support contract.

Can't he? :-)

>----- Original Message ----
>From: Blanchard L. Carter <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2008 9:56:50 PM
>Subject: [HP3000-L] ghost tape drive failures
>
>Hi there everyone,
>We have a HP3000 that seems to suffer from failing tape drives and even 
>HP cannot help us.  Whenever we need the backup of our production 
>environment the most that is when the backup job fails on us causing 
>production and the online users hours of wasted time.
>Can someone supply some "helpful" advice on what to do next?
><< only qualified HP S.E. Please respond >>
>Thanks,
>Mr. Blanchard Lee Carter
>
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