Ops have been to the unit and seen there are physically no tapes in the drive.
I just need to rule out netbackup thinking there is to prove there is a h/w problem. Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The mt status showing no tape can mean the tape is ejected, but still > in the drive - have u tried moving the UNKNOWN tape from the drive > using robtest? m d3 s?? ? I suspect that will work (and the library > just wasnt able to read the barcode for these tapes). If it doesnt > then you probably have a hardware fault. > > > > > *Dave Markham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 23/03/2006 15:14 > Please respond to dave.markham > > > To: "veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu" > <veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu> > cc: > Subject: [Veritas-bu] drives showing UNKNOWN > > > > > Netbackup 5.0 mp5s2 on solaris 8 connected to L1000 with 4 DLT7000 > drives in. > > Has anyone seen it where robtest shows drive with barcode UNKNOWN, yet > there are no tapes in the drive? > > Invoking robotic test utility: > /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/tldtest -r /dev/sg/c3t0l0 -d1 /dev/rmt/0cbn -d2 > /dev/rmt/1cbn -d3 /dev/rmt/2cbn -d4 /dev/rmt/3cbn > > Opening /dev/sg/c3t0l0 > MODE_SENSE complete > Enter tld commands (? returns help information) > s d > drive 1 (addr 128) access = 1 Contains Cartridge = no > SCSI ID from drive 1 is 2 > drive 2 (addr 129) access = 1 Contains Cartridge = no > SCSI ID from drive 2 is 3 > drive 3 (addr 130) access = 1 Contains Cartridge = yes > Barcode = UNKNOWN > SCSI ID from drive 3 is 4 > drive 4 (addr 131) access = 1 Contains Cartridge = yes > Barcode = UNKNOWN > SCSI ID from drive 4 is 5 > READ_ELEMENT_STATUS complete > > > The drives keep going down if i up them and a job tries to use them. > > I currently have them in a down state. The drives are flashing, but the > akibia support after not responding for ages are trying to say its a > netbackup problem as mt -f /dev/rmt/2cbn status shows there is no tape > loaded. ( which it wouldnt because there isnt one ) > > # for d in 0 1 2 3; do mt -f /dev/rmt/$d'cbn' status; done > /dev/rmt/0cbn: no tape loaded or drive offline > /dev/rmt/1cbn: no tape loaded or drive offline > /dev/rmt/2cbn: no tape loaded or drive offline > /dev/rmt/3cbn: no tape loaded or drive offline > > > I am thinking the drives are goosed and robtest cannot talk to them to > get a clear picture. Is this on the right track? > > Anyone any ideas? > > > _______________________________________________ > Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu > > _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
