On 02/25/2013 01:14:22 AM, Amit Karpe wrote:
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Amit Karpe <amitka...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Jon LaBadie <j...@jgcomp.com>
wrote:
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>> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 11:20:37AM +0800, Amit Karpe wrote:
>> > Any idea for my problem.
>>
>> The last line of your first message seems critical:
>>
>> ...
>>
>> > > I could not able to write anything using amdump or dd.
>>
>> If you can't read or write using standard system tools
>> like dd, there is nothing amanda can do about it.
>> Sounds to me like you have hardware problems, either
>> the tape drive or maybe the cables.
>>
>> Jon
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>> Jon H. LaBadie j...@jgcomp.com
>> 11226 South Shore Rd. (703) 787-0688 (H)
>> Reston, VA 20190 (609) 477-8330 (C)
>>
>
>
> I had ask HP for support. Their log tool saying my labels are the
culprit.
> He is asking me to use only barcode labeling:
> "As per the Amanda Tool output and logs there is one cartridge in
the MSL
> which has either missing or worng barcode label or the barcode
label is
> properly aligned as per Tape Cartridge
>
> Please remove all the tapes and check if you find such cartridge
and if
> you find that then put the Barcode Lable correctly on it and insert
it back
> in the same slot
>
> This error occurs because during initialzation before beackup the
MSL take
> the Inventory of the cartridges in the MSL and if there is any
mislatch
> cartridge, it halts the process of backup"
>
>
> As far as my understanding amanda don't required any barcode
labeling.
> Then what is a problem ?
> How can I cross check and confirm that "hardware problems, either
the tape
> drive or maybe the cables." ??
>
>
>
Following link have photos of my tapes. Can someone confirm that
having
such label will be the problem ???
http://news.karpe.net.in/hp-storageworks-msl2024-tape-library-1-lto-4
My old LTO-1 and LTO-2 tape libraries didn't care about barcode labels.
My LTO-4 (StorageTek SL-500) libraries won't load a tape and bring it
online unless it has a correctly formatted barcode label. You can buy
them pre-printed but we just make our own using a simple "Brother
Ptouch"
label maker and 3/4 inch (18mm) tape. I think a proper label has up to
8 alpha-numerics but the last 2 characters have to be "L4" (if it's an
LTO4 tape) or the library/drive won't know what to do with it.
My cleaning cartridge with a factory barcode is labeled "CLNU01CU".
I like to do my own barcode labels so that the human readable label
matches the amanda software label. The L4 extension doesn't actually
show when I do something like an "mtx status" so I don't include that
in the amanda label.
IBM has a pdf of the LTO label spec here:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=543&context=STCVQ6R&q1=ssg1*&uid=ssg1S7000429&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en+en
or
http://tinyurl.com/LTO-label-spec
Good luck!
--Marcus
> --
> Regards
> Amit Karpe.
> http://www.amitkarpe.com/
> http://news.karpe.net.in/
>
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Regards
Amit Karpe.
http://www.amitkarpe.com/
http://news.karpe.net.in/
