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тАО05-29-2008 08:48 AM
тАО05-29-2008 08:48 AM
I just installed a new ULT3580-TD4 tape drive to an L3000 running 11.11 OS. It is using the stape driver. It gives the below error when I use fbackup:
Starting interactive backup...
br_backup: Invoking fbackup. See /var/sam/log/br_log for details.
fbackup(1421): no history is available for graph file /var/sam/graphUEAa05069 (below level 0)
fbackup(1004): session begins on Thu May 29 09:47:30 2008
fbackup(3038): output file /dev/rmt/4m is not a valid device file for backup
fbackup(3019): would you like to enter a new output file?
tar works just fine.
sheila:/#tar -cvf /dev/rmt/4m /home/yetienne
a /home/yetienne/.cshrc 2 blocks
a /home/yetienne/.exrc 1 blocks
a /home/yetienne/.login 1 blocks
a /home/yetienne/.profile 1 blocks
a /home/yetienne/.sh_history 4 blocks
a /home/yetienne/upc444_cfn.dat 106 blocks
a /home/yetienne/sheila02/vg01.dr_mapfile 1 blocks
a /home/yetienne/sheila02/vg04.dr_mapfile 1 blocks
I can also use the "mt" commands.
Any ideas on how to resolve this?
Thank
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тАО05-29-2008 09:44 AM
тАО05-29-2008 09:44 AM
Re: cannot use fbackup with LTO4 tape drive
http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1171406
ensure that you have the latest fbackup, tape driver and filesystem patches.
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тАО05-29-2008 11:35 AM
тАО05-29-2008 11:35 AM
Re: cannot use fbackup with LTO4 tape drive
http://www.hp.com/products1/storage/compatibility/tapebackup/PA-RISC/Detail/16-0043-0019.html
Then HP's LTO4 isn't supported with 11.11 anyway.
Of course from what you write above - I'm guessing its not necessarily a HP version of the tape drive. If its actually an IBM version (and it looks like it is), you should be using the IBM atdd driver instead of stape:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/devdrvr/HPUX/11i_PCI/
The IBM tape devices can generate sense codes that the HP stape driver doesn't understand - so always best to use the correct driver.
HTH
Duncan
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тАО05-29-2008 01:45 PM
тАО05-29-2008 01:45 PM
Re: cannot use fbackup with LTO4 tape drive
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тАО05-29-2008 02:08 PM
тАО05-29-2008 02:08 PM
SolutionIt does not matter what SAM thinks, ioscan is the correct status. You did not mention if you tried the drive with fbackup and the atdd driver.
Also was the drive showing up bound to the atdd driver in the ioscan listing or was it still bound to the stape driver while the atdd driver was installed? I don't know if you should remove the stape driver from the kernel but it is worth a try.
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тАО05-29-2008 04:25 PM
тАО05-29-2008 04:25 PM
Re: cannot use fbackup with LTO4 tape drive
Bill Hassell, sysadmin
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тАО05-30-2008 08:00 AM
тАО05-30-2008 08:00 AM
Re: cannot use fbackup with LTO4 tape drive
TTr was correct. I needed to reinstall the adtt driver and use fbackup/frecover at the command line.