I had the same problem.... Try uping your sleep variable in your scsi conf file....
I had it at 20 sec and upped it to 45 and it worked..... you can try to lower the sec until it does not fail.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Lessert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bruntel, Mitchell L, SOLCM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 3:23 PM Subject: Re: Host Question on tape advancment > On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 12:53:28PM -0500, Bruntel, Mitchell L, SOLCM wrote: > > Here;s the question: > > Should amanda be advancing the tape every time it runs amcheck like this? > > in my changer, tapes 1-30 are amanda labeled tapes > > > > (background I have a 80 slot tape changer.) > > My amcheck Host says: > > Amanda Tape Server Host Check > > ----------------------------- > > Holding disk /dump: 8972115 KB disk space available, that's plenty > > amcheck-server: slot 39: tape_rdlabel: tape open: /dev/rmt/1bn: I/O error > > amcheck-server: fatal slot 40: slot 40 move failed > > ERROR: new tape not found in rack > > (expecting a new tape) > > Just like amdump, amcheck will check current slot for an "optimally > writable tape" (based on tapecycle, the content of tapelist, and > what is actually loaded in the changer). > > If it doesn't find it in 'slot current', it will roll through the > entire changer looking for it. > > In your case, the tape in 'slot current' generated "I/O error". That > is a really bad sign, probably threw errors in /var/adm/messages, and > is the first thing you should look at. At best(?), it is a bad tape > that needs to be discarded. At worst(?), there are cabling and/or > configuration problems and you don't have a reliable R/W channel to > your tape drives yet. > > Hmmm. I notice you say "1-30 are amanda labeled", perhaps chg-scsi is > not clever enough to handle having 81 slots declared in chg-scsi.conf, > but only 30 slots populated, and just blows up on empty slots? I am > not a chg-scsi user... > > -- > Jay Lessert [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Accelerant Networks Inc. (voice)1.503.439.3461 > Beaverton OR, USA (fax)1.503.466.9472 >
