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Re: DDS-3 Tape Drive Problem
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J Dolliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 27 Oct 2006 22:26:33 +0000
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I do this all the time swapping dds devices, the Shunts on the back of the one you remove should be in the same location on the new on. If it does not have them remove them from your old dds to the new one...

hth
Joe

-------------- Original message from Denys Beauchemin <[log in to unmask]>: -------------- 


> Is there a way that you could get a MAPPER listing? That will show you if 
> the system even sees the drive and which SCSI-ID it's set at. 
> 
> Denys 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf 
> Of Brian Donaldson 
> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 3:17 PM 
> To: [log in to unmask] 
> Subject: [HP3000-L] DDS-3 Tape Drive Problem 
> 
> Yes, this posting is actually on topic, sorry about that..... 
> 
> My box is a 917LX. 
> 
> The DDS-3 Tape drive stopped loading tapes, kept kicking them out. 
> 
> So I put a replacement DDS-3 tape drive in its place this morning. Pretty 
> simple thing to do, or at least it seemed to be. 
> 
> The "new" (actually a refurbished) DDS-3 tape drive loads the tapes just 
> fine but I noticed I wasn't getting the console message that tells me the 
> tape 
> is online. Now that made me suspicious. 
> 
> I went back to the ISL prompt and tried a DUMP inside ODE and I got the 
> following error messages: 
> 
> Can't access tape at 52.0.0 
> Status -31281 ($85CF) From subsystem 213 ($D5) 
> Can not access the tape device 
> Status 1025 ($401) From Subsystem 149 ($95) 
> 
> The pins at the back of the DDS-3's are identical so I removed the old 
> DDS-3 
> and replaced it 
> with the newer one. 
> 
> I made no changes in Sysgen at all. 
> 
> I have rebooted the box with a tape in the drive and also with no tape in 
> the drive. 
> 
> When the system comes up it tells me that LDEV 7 is configured but 
> not-available. 
> 
> Any help would be appreciated. 
> 
> TIA, 
> Brian Donaldson. 
> 
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