Tape Drive

[SCSI Error]

Hi Guys,

Could anyone tell me if this status below says the drive is faulty? or It just need a tape media to be place in the drive?

# mt status

DEVIOGET ELEMENT CONTENTS
---------------- --------
category DEV_TAPE
bus DEV_SCSI
interface SCSI
device TZ88
adpt_num 0
nexus_num 0
bus_num 0
ctlr_num 0
slave_num 1
dev_name tz
unit_num 1
soft_count 0
hard_count 0
stat 0x5
DEV_BOM DEV_OFFLINE
category_stat 0x1000000
DEV_81630_BPI

DEVGETINFO ELEMENT CONTENTS
------------------ --------
media_status 0x10001
BOM POS_VALID
unit_status 0x182
Offline 2_FM_Close NO_Rewind Compacting Buffered
record_size 0
density (current) 81630 BPI
density (on write) 0 BPI
Filemark Cnt 0
Record Cnt 0
Class 1 - DLT (tk)

MTIOCGET ELEMENT CONTENTS
---------------- --------
mt_type MT_ISSCSI
mt_dsreg 0x5
DEV_BOM DEV_OFFLINE
mt_erreg 0x2 Unit is not ready.
mt_resid 0
mt_fileno 0
mt_blkno 0
DEV_EEI_STATUS
version 0x2
status 0x3200 Device inoperable (needs initialize)
flags 0x1000007
CAM_STATUS SCSI_STATUS SCSI_SENSE CAM_DATA
cam_status 0x4 CCB request completed with an err
scsi_status 0x2 SCSI_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION
scsi_sense_data (hex)
70 0 2 0 0 0 0 b
0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
0 0 82 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
ASC/ASQ = 4/0 LUN Not ready, cause not reportable

[Rob Leadbeater · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I'd guess that a tape just needs mounting.

As it's a TZ88, probably a tape has been unmounted, but the handle not operated to remove the tape from the drive...

Cheers,
Rob

[Ivan Ferreira]

I cannot tell if the drive has a problem.

Do you have physical access to the device? Can you check the device LEDs?

You can also diagnose problems using HP Library and Tape tools (LT&T).

First, rry cleaning the tape and replace the media.

[iliviu]

Hello

This line "media_status 0x10001" would mean there is not tape in drive, but since you get this : "ASC/ASQ = 4/0 LUN Not ready, cause not reportable", and you have some confidence there should be a tape in the drive , then something is wrong with the drive. Try the logs, eventually uerf.

HTH
Liviu.