tape drive problem mesg

[siva baskaran]

hi to all,


i facing some kind of problems,

1- as per ioscan device is ok

# ioscan -fnC tape
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
=======================================================================
tape 1 0/0/0/3/1.3.0 stape CLAIMED DEVICE HP Ultrium 3-SCS
I
/dev/rmt/1m /dev/rmt/c3t3d0BEST
/dev/rmt/1mb /dev/rmt/c3t3d0BESTb
/dev/rmt/1mn /dev/rmt/c3t3d0BESTn
/dev/rmt/1mnb /dev/rmt/c3t3d0BESTnb
# /dev/rmt/1mnb


2 - mt status
# mt status
on tape open: No such device or address

3 - tar -cvf getting fine

like tar cvf /dev/rmt/1m

but

when i issue ./make_tape_recovery -Av or
./make_tape_recovery -Av -d /dev/rmt/1m
giving some error

/dev/rmt/0mn no device file open

is there is option to set it up device file on which ignite will take


why ioscan showing some device file but ignite default taking on some other device file


thanks
siva

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

Your problem is most likely right here:

/make_tape_recovery -Av -d /dev/rmt/1m

should be

/make_tape_recovery -Av -a /dev/rmt/1m


Pete

[IT_2007]

If you want to rewind tape use following device with rew option

/dev/rmt/c3t3d0BEST -mt rew

Make sure your tape is not write protected.

If you have only one tape drive then use

/opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery -Av

don't have to mention which device. It will pick default one. Still if you want to mention use device: /dev/rmt/c3t3d0BESTn

[Jonathan Fife]

Also, your mt command should specify the tape device:

mt -f /dev/rmt/1m status

[Fabian Briseño]

Hi Siva.

You can use

make_tape_recovery -Ava /dev/rmt/1m

-a tape_drive
-v Display verbose progress messages
while creating the systemrecovery
archive.