From: Sandor W. Sklar (ssklar@STANFORD.EDU)
Date: Wed Oct 16 2002 - 00:09:38 EDT
FYI, you might be interested in a script I wrote, "cinnamon", that
parses the errpt entries for 3590 tape drives into a a human-readable
format.
Its at <http://whippet.stanford.edu/~ssklar/aix/cinnamon/>
-s-
On Tuesday, October 15, 2002, at 10:37 AM, Green, Simon wrote:
> You need to look at the tape drive manual. I think that the
> information you
> need is in "gc35-0154 IBM SCSI Tape Drive, Medium Changer, and Library
> Device Drivers Installation and User's Guide". I can't find a copy on
> the
> internet, but I'm sure it must be around somewhere. Try here:
> http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/tape/pubs/prodpubs.html
> Alternatively, scour your machine room.
>
> If I had to make a guess, I'd say it's probably because the drive needs
> cleaning, (you'll note it's only an INFO error report).
>
> With older 3590s sometimes the cleaning cartridge is insufficient and
> you
> need to get an engineer in to do a more thorough job. You get a
> message
> _like_ yours for routine cleaning; if you're getting a lot, and maybe
> I/O
> errors, then you need to get an engineer in. But have a look through
> the
> manuals; if you work through everything you should be able to identify
> exactly what its complaining about.
>
> Simon Green
> Philip Morris ITSC Europe
>
> AIX-L Archive at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=aix-l&r=1&w=2
> AIX FAQ at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/aix-faq/
>
> N.B. Unsolicited email from vendors will seldom be appreciated.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John F Riordan [mailto:jriorda2@CSC.COM]
>> Sent: 15 October 2002 17:57
>> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
>> Subject: Error Log, Tape SIM/MIM Record
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We have an H-50 with a Magstar tape drive on rmt0.. And it
>> looks like for
>> the past several months on the error log we have been getting
>> the following
>> message two or three times a week. Any idea as two what this is?
>>
>> As Always, Thanks in advance for your help.
>> John
>>
>> LABEL: TAPE_SIM_MIM_RECORD
>> IDENTIFIER: A7AB4C8F
> <SNIP>
>
>
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ITSS
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