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DLT 8000 problem

 
thebeatlesguru
Regular Advisor

DLT 8000 problem

DLT 8000,7 session everyday,every session finshes same work everyday,however some time session is complete,some time session is complete/error or complete/failure
error is like following:
[Major] From: BMA@dbbak-lc "Drive 5" Time: 02/19/02 02:02:40
[90:54] /dev/rmt/9m
Can not open device ([16] Device busy)
i think if there is something wrong with DLT 8000,then it should have error everyday,cause everything is the same,but the error is not happen everyday,so i do not know why,can somebody tell me the reason?
hihi
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Michael Tully
Honored Contributor

Re: DLT 8000 problem

Hi,

Is the tape drive part of a library or is it
standalone?

Michael
Anyone for a Mutiny ?
thebeatlesguru
Regular Advisor

Re: DLT 8000 problem

the DLT 8000 has 6 drive ,60 tape
hihi
Michael Tully
Honored Contributor

Re: DLT 8000 problem

Hi,

I assume your using omniback going by the
error messages.
You could add a post-exec script like
this to your backup specification to see
what gets reported. Other than that it
could be a firmware issue, a locking of
the drive problem where you don't specify
a lock name for each logical drive for
each physical drive.

Michael

#!/bin/sh
#
# Set Variables
set -x
exec 2>&1
FAIL_LOG=/tmp/omni_fail
PATH=$PATH:/opt/omni/bin
export PATH
# Check to see how the session completes
if [ $SMEXIT != 0 ]
then
echo "Session $SESSIONID Backup not successful" >$FAIL_LOG
env >>$FAIL_LOG
id >> $FAIL_LOG
omnirpt -report single_session -session $SESSIONID >> $FAIL_LOG
cat $FAIL_LOG | mailx -s "OmniBack session $SESSIONID failed" yourname@domain.com
fi
Anyone for a Mutiny ?
Alexander M. Ermes
Honored Contributor

Re: DLT 8000 problem

Hi there.
Is it possible, that two different sessions try to access the same tape device at the same time ?
If one session is not finished yet and the next session tries to put a tape into this specific drive, you might have a problem.
Have you checked the session protocols ( messages ) for start and stop times ?
Rgds
Alexander M. Ermes
.. and all these memories are going to vanish like tears in the rain! final words from Rutger Hauer in "Blade Runner"
thebeatlesguru
Regular Advisor

Re: DLT 8000 problem

yes,i have thought about it,and checked the start and end time of every session,and there wasn't two different sessions try to access the same tape device at the same time.
hihi