--- Paul Bijnens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sal Sharief wrote:
>
> > FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
> > jafar2 /home/host lev 0 FAILED [out of tape]
>
> It says "out of tape", but a tape error is more
> likely.
>
> ....
> > Tape Size (GB)........... 4.71
> > Tape Used (%)............ 9.65
> > Filesystems Taped........ 6
>
> Am I correct that your tapesize is configured to be
> about 45 Gbyte.
> (What kind of tape is that, I've never seen a tape
> with
> such a capacity.)
>
> ....
> > taper: tape ARCH_DE2_003 kb 6878912 fm 7 writing
> > file: I/O error
>
> While writing the 7th backup image to tape, there
> was an IO error
> around 6878912 Kbyte or about 6.6 Gbyte. That seems
> to be far
> from the expected capacity of 45 Gbyte, so it's
> probably a tape
> error.
> Try a cleaning tape.
> Look for scsi errors in /var/adm/messages.
--snip from /var/adm/messages ----
Jun 17 20:38:57 serv5c scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]
/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],1/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0 (st11):
Jun 17 20:38:57 serv5c Fixed record length (1024 byte
blocks) I/O
Jun 17 20:39:12 serv5c scsi: [ID 193665 kern.info]
sgen26 at glm1: target a lun 0
Jun 17 20:39:12 serv5c genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info]
sgen26 is /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],1/[EMAIL
PROTECTED],0
Jun 18 01:04:52 serv5c scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning]
WARNING: /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],1/[EMAIL
PROTECTED],0 (st11):
Jun 18 01:04:52 serv5c Error for Command: write
Error Level: Fatal
Jun 18 01:04:52 serv5c scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]
Requested Block: 1938880 Error
Block: 1938880
Jun 18 01:04:52 serv5c scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]
Vendor: EXABYTE Serial
Number: 8E002106
Jun 18 01:04:52 serv5c scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]
Sense Key: Media Error
Jun 18 01:04:52 serv5c scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]
ASC: 0xc (write error), ASCQ: 0x0, FRU: 0x0
-- end snip --
I have a 15 slot Exabyte 215M tape library with
225m AME with SmartClean cartridges. I have tried to
run backups on more than 3 tapes, and got the same
error. These tapes are approx. four months old.
I went ahead and ordered a cleaning cartridge. Exabyte
claimed that I wouldn't need a cleaning tape since the
media comes with smart clean automatically. Now they
backed out of their claim after creating an incident
report. Go figure.
>
> (PS. what version of amanda has only one column in
> the
> statistics section? Must be quite old.)
Its an amanda version 2.4.2p2 - modified to show data
in MB and minus other stats.
>
> --
> Paul Bijnens, Xplanation
> Tel +32 16 397.511
> Technologielaan 21 bus 2, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUM
> Fax +32 16 397.512
> http://www.xplanation.com/ email:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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