SUMMARY (and followup): Tape drive remains busy after EOT

From: Lundberg Harald <harald.lundberg_at_tekla.fi>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 09:18:41 +0300

> Well, a short one.
> Basically just 2 'me too's.
>
> Tom Webster:
> I'm having a similar problem with my TL812 (Jukebox with four TZ88 DLT
> drives). It is hanging off of the 8400 (DU 4.0b, NSR 4.4). DEC
> Support
> says that it is a known problem, and that the tape drive firmware
> needs
> to be upgraded in order to fix the problem. My FSE is still trying to
>
> get a hold of the latest firmware for the TZ88s so we can see if that
> fixes the problem.
>
> Since you are using non-dec drives, you might check with Legato's
> compatability guides to see if they list minimum firmware levels.
>
> Tom
>
> On the other hand, V.S. Glukhov:
> I am wondering if you got any replies regarding Networker 4.4
> leaving tape "busy". I am having the same problem with DLT TZ887. I
> could
> not find SUMMARY.
>
> So it seems a bit like this is a problem when running nsr 4.4
> Upgrading drive firmware seems like a long shot to me, as the
> hw has been working fine for 2 years. I guess DEC has again
> fucked up something with their scsi/media changer driver.
>
> Well, I hope I'm lucky. My new 891+890 equipment just arrived.
> I won't pay the bill until it has worked for at least 2 months....
>
> Regards, Harald
Received on Tue Apr 14 1998 - 08:18:53 NZST

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