Hi!
This seems to be a not often occurring error, but the sparse reactions
confirmed what I suspected: most likely a hardware problem, probably solved
by a reset of the bux (using scu) or a reboot. The reset didn't help.
So what had changed since last successfull backups? The operator.
I hadn't been on site for a couple of days and when I got there this morning
I say the display (of the TZ885) it read: LDR RDY (and not DRV RDY) So as I
expected, after pushing the load button, everyting was fine: *ouch* (There
was no software on the server to control the loader)
Now I only have to teach the operator how to use a four button machine...
Thanks to Joe Fletcher, Dela Acolatse and Blake Brehl for their reactions.
Regards,
Alex Harkema
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Harkema
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 12:34 PM
> To: 'tru64-unix-managers_at_ornl.gov'
> Subject: tz885 problems
>
> Hi all,
>
> This may be an easy one, but I cannot remember I saw this before; nor
> could I find any solution in the archives.
>
> On a Tru64 4.0d box I suddenly no longer can access the tape device. It is
> a tz885 library, and using the device /dev/nrmt1h always went okay.
> Trying to load a tape or put it online doesn't work anymore: I/O errors:
>
> trying to rewind: Error on device named /dev/rmt1h - Place TZ885 tape
> drive unit #3 ONLINE
>
> mt status gives:
> DEVGETINFO ELEMENT CONTENTS
> ------------------ --------
> media_status 0x1
> BOM
> unit_status 0x1aa
> Offline Loader 2_FM_Close Rewind Compacting
> Buffered
> record_size 0
> density (current) 81630 BPI
> density (on write) 0 BPI
> Filemark Cnt <Not Valid>
> Record Cnt <Not Valid>
> Class 0 - <unspecified>
>
> MTIOCGET ELEMENT CONTENTS
> ---------------- --------
> mt_type MT_ISSCSI
> mt_dsreg 0x5
> DEV_BOM DEV_OFFLINE
> mt_erreg 0x2 Unit is not ready.
> mt_resid 0
> mt_fileno 0
> mt_blkno 0
> DEV_EEI_STATUS
> version 0x2
> status 0x3200 Device inoperable (needs initialize)
> flags 0x1000007
> CAM_STATUS SCSI_STATUS SCSI_SENSE CAM_DATA
> cam_status 0x4 CCB request completed with an err
> scsi_status 0x2 SCSI_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION
> scsi_sense_data (hex)
> 70 0 2 0 0 0 0 b
> 0 0 0 0 3a 0 0 0
> 0 0 82 0 0 0 0 0
> 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> 0 0 0 0
> ASC/ASQ = 3a/0 Medium not present
>
> Especially this one concerns me: status 0x3200 Device inoperable (needs
> initialize)
> What does it mean? What should I do...
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Alex Harkema
Received on Thu May 03 2001 - 08:42:30 NZST