Bad Exabyte tape drive?
2007-12-25 4:36:00
Exabyte 8705 7/14g 8mm tape drive.
Almost every night we get the following error:
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Mar 1 06:09:25 scotty scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
/sbus at 3,0/SUNW,fas at 3,8800000/st at 5,0 (st5):
Mar 1 06:09:25 scotty Error for Command: write
Error Level: Fatal
Mar 1 06:09:25 scotty scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Requested
Block: 4752 Error Block: 4752
Mar 1 06:09:25 scotty scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Vendor: EXABYTE
Serial Number:
Mar 1 06:09:25 scotty scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Sense Key:
Media Error
Mar 1 06:09:25 scotty scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] ASC: 0x3
(<vendor unique code 0x3>), ASCQ: 0x2, FRU: 0x0
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We bought new tapes and that didn't help. We bought a refurbished tape
drive (same model) and that didn't help.
I tried 'mt -f /dev/rmt/0 erase' as suggested on this list by someone
with a similar problem, but that didn't help (the same error is
generated during the 'erase' process as during the backup).
Is it likely that our "new" tape drive is bad, or are there other
potential causes of the problem that I should look for?
Thanks,
Joe Thornton
System Consultant
Capital District Library Council
28 Essex Street
Albany, NY 12206
(518) 437-9880 x230
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