Re: Media Errors on Tapes

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sadly the only version is for 'I5/OS' which won't run on a model 250 or 
today's modern Power Systems. :-(

        - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 3/29/2017 9:04 AM, Steinmetz, Paul wrote:
> Jerry,
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> You might try ITDT, it has good tape diagnostics.
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> https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/ST9MBR_1.2.0/ltfs_itdt_download.html
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> Paul
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry Adams
> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 8:57 AM
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: Media Errors on Tapes
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> First, full disclosure: Model 250 running V5R1.
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> We have a cartridge tape drive 7207 Model 122.  The data files backup runs unattended each night.  Lately it is crashing and burning with media errors; in fact, it has failed the last four [4] nights.
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> Tapes do go bad, but it seems unreasonable to me to have this many go bad so quickly.  In fact, some of the tapes, except for initialization, have never been used before.  Plus it always blows at exactly the same place.  And we have cleaned the tape drive after each failure.
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> Am I being illogical to think that it is the tape drive, rather than the tapes, which is at fault?  Is there any way to determine that?
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> I have been trying to get the company to upgrade the system for years with, obviously, no success.  Any other options?  I have been told that this tape drive is no longer available (maybe eBay but you get what you pay for there).  But are there any other backup alternatives for off-line storage?
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> Thanks.
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> Jerry C. Adams
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