looking for a little help

[Chad Walsingham <walsice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a question if anyone can help me,


    We have currently purchased an new AS/400 and with the purchase we
also ordered an Magstar 3570 Tape Unit, Model B12. My problem is this.
In trying to initialize a tape I have done everything in and by the book
yet every time I get an "no device available". Although I have checked
the media library and physical unit devices and they are both available.
I have run several backups on the machine and have just had to input a
tape as it prompted me to. And as you know it will tell you that the
tape is not initialized and it will do so as you tell it to. I guess my
main problem is I would really like to initialize all of these tapes and
begin using the tape drives library capabilities. I'm also concerned
that I have heard a lot of negative feedback on these tape drives and am
beginning to think that I may need to order a PTF to correct the
problem. I anyone has any help for me please let me know.


Chad Walsingham
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