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Conference stkhlm::magtape

Title:MAGNETIC TAPEDRIVES
Moderator:STKHLM::GJOHNSSON
Created:Mon Sep 21 1987
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3775
Total number of notes:13147

3673.0. "TLZ07 Initialize Parrity Errors" by ACISS2::STOUGHTON () Wed Feb 26 1997 17:10

     I have a customer that is complaning that our tapes are no good.
    
     He has a tlz07 on an alphaserver 400/233 running vms 6.2.
    
     Sometimes after a few uses, he get the following error trying to
    intialize some of the tapes.
    
     INIT-F-PARITY, PARITY ERROR.
    
     He is not able to reuse the tape at this point.
     
     During the week I have installed the ALPSCSI02_v70 and told him the
    correct method for cleaning the unit per stars articles.
    
     Since that time we have tried to reinitialize a "bad" tape and still
    get the same error as stated above.
    
     Do I need to order new tapes for him???
    
     Thanks
     Gregg Stoughton
     616-833-6287
     [email protected] 
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3673.1LEFTY::CWILLIAMSCD or not CD, that's the questionWed Feb 26 1997 21:359
    1. File an IPMT
    2. Keep track of the tape lot #'s.
    3. Try new tapes from a different lot.
    
    It's possible that there is a bad lot of tape out there, but we can't
    tell without customer feedback. 
    
    Chris
    
3673.2Serial Numbers ComingACISS2::STOUGHTONThu Feb 27 1997 13:237
    I will try to get that information today. I am also checking to see if
    the SCSI patch might stop the problem from occuring again.
    
    
    
     Thanks
     Gregg