I recently setup amanda (11/2001 cvs copy) on a solaris 8 box, using the
sgen pass throught driver, with a StorEDGE L9 changer (8 DLT tapes). I
ran tapetype from the tape-src dir to determine the params for my drive
(device /dev/rmt/1n) and the following was output:
# tapetype -f /dev/rmt/1n
...
define tapetype MyDLT {
comment "11/27/2001 : mdb - run on actual drive0 tape"
length 70480 mbytes
filemark 20009120 kbytes
speed 1673 kps
}
The part that concerns me is the filemark entry. This appears to be
HUGE in comparison to all the other entries I have seen in the sample
conf files and FAQ. Did I misrun tapetype?
The following shows more details about the drive.
# mtx -f /dev/scsi/sequential/c4t1d0 status
mtx: Request Sense: Long Report=yes
mtx: Request Sense: Valid Residual=no
mtx: Request Sense: Error Code=70 (Current)
mtx: Request Sense: Sense Key=Not Ready
mtx: Request Sense: FileMark=no
mtx: Request Sense: EOM=no
mtx: Request Sense: ILI=no
mtx: Request Sense: Additional Sense Code = 04
mtx: Request Sense: Additional Sense Qualifier = 00
mtx: Request Sense: BPV=no
mtx: Request Sense: Error in CDB=no
mtx: Request Sense: SKSV=no
READ ELEMENT STATUS Command Failed
# mtx -f /dev/scsi/sequential/c4t1d0 inquiry
Product Type: Tape Drive
Vendor ID: 'QUANTUM '
Product ID: 'DLT8000 '
Revision: '0114'
Attached Changer: No
Suggestions?
Mike.
