make_tape_recovery -Av error

[Cem Tugrul]

hi forum,
i have an error when i run make_tape_recovery -Av
ERROR: Failed to open tape device /dev/rmt/0mn:Permission denied (errno =
13).
ERROR: Check tape device failed.

wlist|egrep -i ignite
B5725AA C.6.0.109 HP-UX Installation Utilities (Ignite-UX)
Ignite-UX-11-11 C.6.0.109 HP-UX Installation Utilities for Installing 11.11 Systems

baan02:/#ioscan -fnC tape
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
=======================================================================
tape 0 0/0/1/0.3.0 stape CLAIMED DEVICE HP C1537A
/dev/rmt/0m /dev/rmt/c0t3d0BEST /dev/rmt/c0t3d0DDS /dev/rmt/tapeDDS1
/dev/rmt/0mb /dev/rmt/c0t3d0BESTb /dev/rmt/c0t3d0DDSb
/dev/rmt/0mn /dev/rmt/c0t3d0BESTn /dev/rmt/c0t3d0DDSn
/dev/rmt/0mnb /dev/rmt/c0t3d0BESTnb /dev/rmt/c0t3d0DDSnb
tape 1 0/4/0/0.10.0 stape CLAIMED DEVICE QUANTUM DLT7000
/dev/rmt/1m /dev/rmt/1mn /dev/rmt/c3t10d0BEST /dev/rmt/c3t10d0BESTn
/dev/rmt/1mb /dev/rmt/1mnb /dev/rmt/c3t10d0BESTb /dev/rmt/c3t10d0BESTnb
tape 4 1/10/0/0.1.2.255.0.0.1 stape CLAIMED DEVICE HP Ultrium 2-SCSI
/dev/rmt/4m /dev/rmt/4mn /dev/rmt/c17t0d1BEST /dev/rmt/c17t0d1BESTn
/dev/rmt/4mb /dev/rmt/4mnb /dev/rmt/c17t0d1BESTb /dev/rmt/c17t0d1BESTnb
tape 5 1/10/0/0.1.2.255.0.0.2 stape CLAIMED DEVICE HP Ultrium 2-SCSI
/dev/rmt/5m /dev/rmt/5mn /dev/rmt/c17t0d2BEST /dev/rmt/c17t0d2BESTn
/dev/rmt/5mb /dev/rmt/5mnb /dev/rmt/c17t0d2BESTb /dev/rmt/c17t0d2BESTnb

and Finally;
baan02:/#mt -f /dev/rmt/0mn rew
no error return

i only installed latest ignite last week;
B5725AA C.6.0.109 HP-UX Installation Utilities (Ignite-UX)
Ignite-UX-11-11 C.6.0.109 HP-UX Installation Utilities for Installing 11.11 Systems

What is the problem?

Greetings,

[Henk Geurts]

SEM,
is the tape writable ?

[Cem Tugrul]

Yes i checked it.

[Peter Godron]

cem,
what type of tape is in the drive?
ioscan shows DDS1 as a filename , but C1537A is a DDS3. Thats probably just the filename.
THread 563410 solution was write tab, so worth checking first ;-)

[RAC_1]

what are the perms on /dev/rmt/0mn??
lssf /dev/rmt/0mn

mt -f /dev/rmt/0m stat

Anil

[Cem Tugrul]

baan02:/#lssf /dev/rmt/0mn
stape card instance 0 SCSI target 3 SCSI LUN 0 at&t no rewind best density available at address 0/0/1/0.3.0 /dev/rmt/0mn
baan02:/#mt -f /dev/rmt/0m stat
Drive: HP C1537A
Format: DDS-3 format
Status: [45112500] BOT write-protected online compression immediate-report-mode
File: 0
Block: 0

[Peter Godron]

cem,
you are running as root?
More in thread:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=300146
Regards

[Cem Tugrul]

Thank's for all replies..
i have checked my /tmp dir and and when i clean then make_tape_recovery -Av finished
successfully.