Final update:
Mike Rydberg was 100% correct - 'SL Prot' was set to, 'Y' and, as soon as
this was reset to, 'N' I had no problem at all creating an unlabelled tape.
I found copies of the 9840 Product Manual and User Reference Manual here ...
Thankyou Mike for that info ... I'll get the firmware levels checked out.
Update for any viewers / interested parties; this morning, for a short
while, the drive behaved itself and I was able to write to it using TAPE,
PIPE and MOVEFILE ... then it once again, 'just stopped working' ...
symptoms
Success (of a kind):
Rewind the tape
TAPE MODESET ( 3590C
TAPE WVOL1 volser
REW 181
TAPE FSF
Write whatever I like on the tape without problems
If I attempt to write anything other than the volume label (using TAPE
WVOL1) at the beginning of the tape then the write fails.
My tape operator has
@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf
Of Jeff Gribbin
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 9:01 AM
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: HCPDPM1280E with STK 9840C Tape Drive
Success (of a kind):
Rewind the tape
TAPE MODESET ( 3590C
TAPE WVOL1 volser
REW 181
TAPE FSF
Write whatever I like on the tape without problems
In February 2007, Chris Little reported receiving the message
HCPDPM1280E Device 0181 not usable; assign lost
while attempting to write to a tape cartridge loaded into a STK 9840C tap
e
drive.
As far as I can see, no resolution was posted at the time.
I am experiencing exactly these symptoms
On Thursday, 08/04/2011 at 04:20 EDT, Jeff Gribbin
jeff.grib...@gmail.com wrote:
In February 2007, Chris Little reported receiving the message
HCPDPM1280E Device 0181 not usable; assign lost
while attempting to write to a tape cartridge loaded into a STK 9840C
tape
drive.
As far as I
Hmm - thanks for the hint ...
From OPERATOR ...
HCPERP584I TAPE 0500 AN OPERATION WAS TERMINATED BECAUSE A
HCPERP584I CAPABILITY CHECK OCCURRED
HCPERP6300I SENSE DATA FORMAT = 04 MSG CODE = 01
HCPERP6301I CHANNEL COMMAND WORD
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From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf
Of Jeff Gribbin
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 11:59 AM
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: HCPDPM1280E with STK 9840C Tape Drive
Hmm - thanks for the hint ...
From OPERATOR ...
HCPERP584I
Thanks for the thought but I don't think that's it - there really is just
one tape drive and it's in regular use from the z/OS LPARS.
I HAVE (just) successfully used TAPE WVOL1 volser to write a VOL1 label o
nto
a tape - this was part of a double-check that the tape WAS fully rewound
prior to
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:59 AM
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: HCPDPM1280E with STK 9840C Tape Drive
Hmm - thanks for the hint ...
From OPERATOR ...
HCPERP584I TAPE 0500 AN OPERATION WAS TERMINATED BECAUSE A
HCPERP584I CAPABILITY CHECK OCCURRED
-Original Message-
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf
Of Jeff Gribbin
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 11:36 AM
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: HCPDPM1280E with STK 9840C Tape Drive
Thanks for the thought but I
: HCPDPM1280E with STK 9840C Tape Drive
Hmm - thanks for the hint ...
From OPERATOR ...
HCPERP584I TAPE 0500 AN OPERATION WAS TERMINATED BECAUSE A
HCPERP584I CAPABILITY CHECK OCCURRED
HCPERP6300I SENSE DATA FORMAT = 04 MSG CODE = 01
: HCPDPM1280E with STK 9840C Tape Drive
In February 2007, Chris Little reported receiving the message
HCPDPM1280E Device 0181 not usable; assign lost
while attempting to write to a tape cartridge loaded into a STK 9840C tape
drive.
As far as I can see, no resolution was posted at the time.
I am
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