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8MM Mammoth tape drive must be cleaned after using metal particle (MP) media - Servers

Troubleshooting


Problem

Retain tip H167301: After using the older style metal particle (MP) data cartridge, the tape drive rejects the newer style Advanced Metal Evaporative (AME) data cartridge.

Resolving The Problem


Source
Retain tip H167301

Symptoms
After using the older style MP (metal particle) data cartridge, the tape drive rejects the newer style AME (Advanced Metal Evaporative) data cartridge.

Affected configurations
The system is any of the following IBM servers:

  • a Netfinity 7000-M10 server, Type 8680, any Model.
  • a Netfinity 7000 server, Type 8651, any Model.
  • a Netfinity 5500-M20 server, Type 8662, any Model.
  • a Netfinity 5500-M10 server, Type 8661, any Model.
  • a Netfinity 5500 server, Type 8660, any Model.
  • a Netfinity 5000 server, Type 8659, any Model.
  • a PC Server 720, Type 8642, any Model.
  • a PC Server 704, Type 8650, any Model.
  • a PC Server 520, Type 8641, any Model.
  • a PC Server 500, Type 8641, any Model.
  • a PC Server 330, Type 8640, any Model.
  • a PC Server 325, Type 8639, any Model.

The system is configured with the following option(s):
  • 20/40GB 8mm Tape Drive, either Option p/n01K1325 or p/n76H0485 and either FRU p/n76H0487, p/n10L6099 or p/n28L1654.

Fix
Clean the tape drive with any 8mm cleaning cartridge; then the drive will accept the AME data cartridge.

Details
The MAMMOTH 8mm tape technology uses AME (Advanced Metal Evaporative) media, but is compatible to the older MP (Metal Particle) media. However, due to differences in media characteristics, the drive requires mandatory cleaning after use of MP media, and before re-use of AME media.
 

Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

Older System x:Operating system independent / None

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Document Information

Modified date:
28 January 2019

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ibm1MIGR-4BZUDV

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