TSM 5.1.6.5 server on windows 2K server SP4. Adaptec 29160 controller. Overland Neo 4100 with 2 X LTO-2 SCSI drives. 31 LTO2 tapes.
One of our drives, MT1.0.0.3, keeps going offline with the following error: 02/13/2004 12:00:39 ANR8944E Hardware or media error on drive MT1.0.0.3 (mt1.0.0.3) (OP=READ, Error Number=1117, CC=305, KEY=04, ASC=44, ASCQ=00, SENSE=F0.00.04.00.00.24.47.0E.00.00.00.- 00.44.00.00.00.30.20.00.00.00.00., Description=Drive failure). Refer to Appendix D in the 'Messages' manual for recommended action. One particular tape keeps making the drive fail - ITG017L2. When I move data off that tape, the server ALWAYS mounts that tape into MT1.0.0.3. The drive then fails with the error above and the drive is marked as offline. Yet the tape reports no read or write errors. So I'm not sure where the problem lies: tape or drive. I have a suspicion it is the tape, what I need to do is force tape ITG017L2 into the other drive, MT2.0.0.3, and try moving the data from that other drive. If MT2.0.0.3 fails the same way, then I'm almost certain it's a bad tape. Is there a way to force the server to put tape ITG017L2 into drive MT2.0.0.3 for a move data? Thanks in advance, Alex