3592 Dual Path Drives on a Windows Box? I say this because the way Windows uses devices especially if the 3592's are dual pathed... Windows isn't the most robust / reliable OS so I'm not seeing why you'd even enable Dual Path. Last place I was at we had 20 3592's Single pathed (Dual Path in case of failover) that only had one issue where the internal fan slowed down, but fixed it self.
Is there a reason for Dual Path? Your server OS is the weakest point, and I doubt a Windows server handle 80/120MB x 9 (720 to 1080MBS). That must be one heck of a huge Intel/AMD Box... I know I didn't offer a fix other than ditching dual path... for the sake Windows probably wont do it well. Mark Stapleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> 02/15/2007 03:09 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject [ADSM-L] Continued hijinx with a Windows TSM server and a 3494 library Wanda P. was a *huge* help with the last round of difficulties I had, but now I've run across a few more. I've got 9 dual-connected fiber-attached 3592 tape drives going into this library. Sometimes the tape drives behave as advertised, but sometimes the same drive(s) will give me ANR8311E An I/O error occurred while accessing drive DRIVE04 (mt3.0.0.4) for SETMODE operation, errno = 170. (SESSION: 4, PROCESS: 3) followed by ANR9999D mmsflag.c(8330): ThreadId<32> Could not determine the media type of media O00237 in drive DRIVE04 (mt3.0.0.4). (SESSION: 4, PROCESS: 3) But then the next thing I do with the drive works. It's almost as if TSM uses both fiber paths during an operation, causing confusion about whom is doing which. I'm about to call Tivoli support, but I thought I'd throw this out to the list before I do. Anyone seen anything like this? -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Senior consultant This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately.
