They are normal yet they mean you took some hit on a tape drive. You will probably notice that the date time stamp on the files matches errors in your errpt. If you have a series of them for one drive they definitely point to a problem. We get them every so often. We don't get alot unless a tape drive has a series of problems and then after the problem has been fixed we delete the files. Becky
-----Original Message----- From: Bruce Kamp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 9:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Atape Help Envirnment: TSM 5.1.1.6 on AIX 4.3.3 ML10 Atape version:7.1.5.0 4 3590 drives in a 3494 The problem I'm having is I keep getting files called Atape.rmt#.dump_h# in /var/adm/ras. One time I was not paying close enough attention to available disk space on my TSM server & these files filled up var!!! Are these normal or do they point to a problem? Does anybody else get these? If so do you just use a script to get rid of them? A while back I called IBM hardware & they said it was an AIX problem. I called software & they said it was a hardware problem. At this point I had more impotant things to worry about so I gave up on IBM! Thanks, --------------------------------------- Bruce Kamp Midrange Systems Analyst II Memorial Healthcare System E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Phone: (954) 987-2020 x4597 Fax: (954) 985-1404 ---------------------------------------
