I have the same problem, but I doubt anyone will answer in the amanda forum,
since I have asked about this issue before. Since it an mtx issue, I guess
there's a different forum to discuss this. But I will post my message again...
I have a SUN Enterprise 3500 with SunOS 5.7, a differential SCSI and a DLT L-280
SUN StorEdge array. I have attached the sst through add_drv successfully, and
can issue a mtx command to eject, and the autoloader ejects one DLT tape and
then loads another. That's the most I can do. Here is my output for the rest
of the commands issued by mtx...
# mtx -f /dev/rsst1 inquiry
Product Type: Tape Drive
Vendor ID: 'QUANTUM '
Product ID: 'DLT7000 '
Revision: '2560'
Attached Changer: No
# mtx -f /dev/rsst1 eject
# mtx -f /dev/rsst1 inventory
mtx: I/O error
mtx:inventory failed
# mtx --version
mtx version 1.2.9
Usage:
mtx --version
mtx [ -f <loader-dev> ] noattach <more commands>\n
mtx [ -f <loader-dev> ] inquiry | inventory | status
mtx [ -f <loader-dev> ] first [<drive#>]
mtx [ -f <loader-dev> ] last [<drive#>]
mtx [ -f <loader-dev> ] next [<drive#>]
mtx [ -f <loader-dev> ] previous [<drive#>]
mtx [ -f <loader-dev> ] [invert] load <storage-element-number> [<drive#>]
mtx [ -f <loader-dev> ] [invert] unload [<storage-element-number>][<drive#>]
mtx [ -f <loader-dev> ] [eepos eepos-number] transfer <storage-element-number>
<storage-element-number>
mtx [ -f <device> ] eject
# mtx -f /dev/rsst1 first
mtx: No such device or address
mtx: No such device or address
mtx: Request Sense: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
mtx: READ ELEMENT STATUS Command Failed
If I can get this simple problem fixed, I'm in buisness...
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Rhett Saunders
National Office Operations
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phone: (202) 693-3275
