I am running an OpenBSD 3.0 box with an adaptec 2940. Connected to this
is a VXA-1 Rakpak(only 1 drive). The entire setup works beautifully for
a few days, and I never get any errors when it makes the backups at
night. I test each tape by restoring a file from one of the level 0
dumps(tar) the morning after. If it has been a few days, I start to get
errors and amrecover dies and this is in the log:
amrecover: Can't read file header
Also, in dmesg I get:
st0(ahc1:10:0): Check Condition on opcode 0x8
SENSE KEY: Media Error
INFO FIELD: 32768
ASC/ASCQ: Recorded Entity Not Found
If I manually use mt and dd, I can see the header, which looks fine, and
I can get the files if I manually use mt and dd piped to a file, then
untar them, but those media errors bug me, plus I would like to be able
to use the tools.
I hope that some of you have an idea that will help you. I hate power
cycling the server every few days.
Thanks,
Adam
