topic Re: dlt8000 error when writing in StoreEver Tape Storage

dlt8000 error when writing

Michael Schulte zur Sur — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:58:26 GMT

Hi,

I have a really strange output from mt status.
I also have problems when writing.
The device name in the mt status look a bit strange.

any idea? Thanks,

Michael

pra03d />tar cv /etc
a /etc/
a /etc/fstab 2 Blocks
a /etc/.mrg..binlog.conf 5 Blocks
tar: write : I/O error
tar: A write error has occurred.

Re: dlt8000 error when writing

Johan Brusche — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 18:45:55 GMT

OS type and version would have been handy...
Tru64 V5.xy ?

Is the tapedrive type known in /etc/ddr.dbase ?

hwmgr get attrib -id xyz ?

__ Johan.

Re: dlt8000 error when writing

Michael Schulte zur Sur — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 07:17:27 GMT

Johan,

os is 5.1B-2. The tape drive in question is a dlt 40/80 which we use already a lot.
The only thing that comes to my mind is that I updated the firmware of the ds25 to 6.9-2.
Are there any issues with that?
The tape string looks somewhat garbled to me.

thanks,

Michael

Re: dlt8000 error when writing

Michael Schulte zur Sur — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 07:18:20 GMT

Oops forgot something.
pra03d />hwmgr get attrib -id 3
3:
name = dmapi
category = pseudo
dev_base_name = dmapi
registration_time = Thu Dec 9 16:15:41 2004
user_name = (null) (settable)
location = (null) (settable)
software_module = (null)
state = available
state_previous = unknown
state_change_time = none
event_count = 1
last_event_time = Thu Dec 9 16:16:25 2004
access_state = online
access_state_change_time = none
capabilities = 0
indicted = 0
indicted_probability = (null)
indicted_urgency = (null)
disabled = 0

Re: dlt8000 error when writing

Johan Brusche — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 08:48:44 GMT

Michael,
That are not the attributes of a tape-drive, maybe you mistakenly used the -id with the number of the DID instead of the HWID.
So you are sure there is a DLT8000 entry in ddr.dbase ?

Any entries in binary.errlog associated with the "write I/O error" ?

file /dev/ntape/tape0c ?

Re: dlt8000 error when writing

Johan Brusche — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:03:31 GMT

The "mt status" says /dev/ntape/tape0_d1 is an RDAT of type DDT0000, while you think its an DLT8000, it also tells the hardware error count = 14.

The console firmware upgrade does not touch the drive, only the system and potentially the PCI interface cards.

__ Johan.

Re: dlt8000 error when writing

Michael Schulte zur Sur — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 10:15:31 GMT

Johan,

thanks for your answers. It was indeed did 3. After I switched the tape to another machine, which could see it correclty I switched it back did a hwmgr -del and a hwmgr -scan and it worked.

thanks,

Michael