It means Call Field Service.and get the drive replaced.

WWWebb

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Muddflapp Mohican wrote:
> Hi.
>
> What does the "In-Flex" message mean on the TL892 tape library ?
>
> The tape library uses SCSI-HVD and has two TZ89s.
>
> Drive 0: Idle
> Drive 1: In-Flex
> Loader: Idle
>
> 0*****-*****9
>

William Webb wrote:
> It means Call Field Service.and get the drive replaced.
>
> WWWebb
>
> On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Muddflapp Mohican wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> What does the "In-Flex" message mean on the TL892 tape library ?
>>
>> The tape library uses SCSI-HVD and has two TZ89s.
>>
>> Drive 0: Idle
>> Drive 1: In-Flex
>> Loader: Idle
>>
>> 0*****-*****9
>>

I'd recommend replacing the guy who wrote the drive's firmware!
"In-Flex" is meaningless noise to 99.99999% of VMS people. I worked
with a number of different DLT drives and even a tape library (briefly)
and never encountered this string.

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Richard B. Gilbert
wrote:
>
> William Webb wrote:
>
> > It means Call Field Service.and get the drive replaced.
> >
> > WWWebb
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Muddflapp Mohican
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi.
> > >
> > > What does the "In-Flex" message mean on the TL892 tape library ?
> > >
> > > The tape library uses SCSI-HVD and has two TZ89s.
> > >
> > > Drive 0: Idle
> > > Drive 1: In-Flex
> > > Loader: Idle
> > >
> > > 0*****-*****9
> > >
> > >
> >
>
> I'd recommend replacing the guy who wrote the drive's firmware! "In-Flex"
> is meaningless noise to 99.99999% of VMS people. I worked with a number of
> different DLT drives and even a tape library (briefly) and never encountered
> this string.
>
I've seen it, I think, twice.

We used to beat the heck out of 3 TL892s at Postal; ran 'em about 18
hours a day.

Think I saw that particular error once there and once at GlaxoSmithKline.

But then, like you, I've looked at a *lot* of tape drives.

Started with the ones that used those round things with the big hole
in the middle...

I think the date of manufacture was chiseled into the chassis in Roman numerals.

Best regards,

WWWebb