EMS Event Notification Question

[Scott D. Allen]

I have an autochanger on my DLT array that spit out a message to me.

Sep 6 13:09:50 hp9000 EMS [2390]: ------ EMS Event Notification ------ Value: "MAJORWARNING (3)" for Resource: "/storage/events/ta
pes/SCSI_tape/8_8.6.0" (Threshold: >= " 3") Execute the following command to obtain event details: /opt/resmon/bin/resdata
-R 154927133 -r /storage/events/tapes/SCSI_tape/8_8.6.0 -n 156631041 -a

The library appears to be working okay, but I'm concerned about this message. I ran the command suggested and it basically gave more details about the situation and told me to have it serviced but to restart it in the interim. Should I have it serviced, or let it go? Is this error common?

--Scott

[John Palmer · Accepted solution]

It could simply be a slightly dodgy tape. If this was a one-off then I'd make a note of the tape but otherwise ignore it. I might consider trying to verify the tape with dd or the application which wrote it (if it supports this).

If it happened again during verification, I'd replace the tape with a new one.

[Rick Garland]

Could be that the library was busy. Not a major concern unless you get multiple messages of this type in a short period of time. Check the validity of the backup media as well.

[Scott D. Allen]

Thanks guys. Just what I thought. I'm always a little paranoid when it gives a "MAJORWARNING" message though. I'll make a note of it and keep an eye on it.
Sorry about the double post.

[Scott D. Allen]

Thanks guys. Just what I thought. I'm always a little paranoid when it gives a "MAJORWARNING" message though. I'll make a note of it and keep an eye on it.
Sorry about the double post.

[CHRIS_ANORUO]

Scott,
This message comes when your system is booting. Is nothing to worry about, unless as Rick pointed out it becomes frequent while the server is operating.