Re: Amanda migration from SGI-Irix to Linux

2006-08-18 Thread Luc Lalonde
Hello Jean-François, I changed the SCSI card. Upon investigation I found that the Qlogic card (QLA1240D) driver in Linux too flaky for my taste. Instead I got a couple of used DualPort-Adaptec HVD cards that work just great (AHA-3944AUWD) from eBay ;-) I also had to change de default

Re: Amanda migration from SGI-Irix to Linux

2006-08-14 Thread Luc Lalonde
Hello Jean-François, I seem to be having problems with the SCSI controller: st0: Error 8 (sugg. bt 0x0, driver bt 0x0, host bt 0x8). scsi(0): Resetting Cmnd=0x01008229b6c0, Handle=0x0202, action=0x2 scsi(0:0:6:0): Queueing device reset command. Are your LTO drives HVD or

Re: Amanda migration from SGI-Irix to Linux

2006-08-14 Thread Luc Lalonde
CentOs 4.3 with kernel 2.6.9-34.0.2.ELsmp (x86_64): [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# uname -a Linux abel 2.6.9-34.0.2.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Jul 7 18:22:55 CDT 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Here's what I get when you I cat the device entry in proc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# cat /proc/scsi/qla1280/0 QLogic

Re: Amanda migration from SGI-Irix to Linux

2006-08-12 Thread Luc Lalonde
Hello Jean-François, I think I found the problem. I have another old binary 'mt' in the PATH that is causing the problem. After removing I get the same output as you do: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# mt -f /dev/nst0 status SCSI 2 tape drive: File number=0, block number=0, partition=0. Tape block

Amanda migration from SGI-Irix to Linux

2006-08-11 Thread Luc Lalonde
Hello Folks, I'm getting this error when I try to use the tapes (LTO1) on a StorageTek L40 Jukebox: st1: Block limits 1 - 16777215 bytes. st1: Incorrect block size. st1: Incorrect block size. scsi(0): Resetting Cmnd=0x01004a871b00, Handle=0x0202, action=0x2 scsi(0:1:15:0):

Re: Amanda migration from SGI-Irix to Linux

2006-08-11 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 11:52:04AM -0400, Luc Lalonde wrote: Hello Folks, I'm getting this error when I try to use the tapes (LTO1) on a StorageTek L40 Jukebox: st1: Block limits 1 - 16777215 bytes. st1: Incorrect block size. st1: Incorrect block size. scsi(0): Resetting

Re: Amanda migration from SGI-Irix to Linux

2006-08-11 Thread Jean-Francois Malouin
* Luc Lalonde [EMAIL PROTECTED] [20060811 11:52]: Hello Folks, I'm getting this error when I try to use the tapes (LTO1) on a StorageTek L40 Jukebox: st1: Block limits 1 - 16777215 bytes. st1: Incorrect block size. st1: Incorrect block size. scsi(0): Resetting Cmnd=0x01004a871b00,

Re: Amanda migration from SGI-Irix to Linux

2006-08-11 Thread Luc Lalonde
Hello Jean-François, I'm getting this weird message with 'mt': [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# mt -f /dev/nst0 status Unknown tape drive type (0x72): residual= 0 ds = 200 er = 0 file no= 0 block no= 0 What I don't understand is that it seems to be correctly recognized by the system: [EMAIL