[nflug] backups on an nfs server ..on and on

[eric]

here are the previous emails:

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st0: Error 400f3(sugg. bt 0x0, driver bt 0x0, host bt 0x4)
st0: Error with Sense Data: Current st0: Sense Key Unit Attention
Additional sense: Power on, reset, or bus device reset occurred
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Maybe I have scsi plugged in wrong? lost...

eric wrote:


>>http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2003-December/011678.html
>>this is all I could google and no threads to his question ever came about.
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>>The tape drive I have is a Dell PowerVault 110t -LTO
>>dang!
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>>Cyber Source wrote:
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>>>>>>Funny thing, I can rewind my tape(mt -f /dev/st0 status), but when I try
>>>>>>to erase I get this error
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>>>>>>The Command->      mt -f /dev/st0 erase
>>>>>>The Error->              mt: /dev/st0: Input/output error
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>>>>>>any clues?
>>>>>>thanks,
>>>>>>eric
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>>>>>>Cyber Source wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>I was wondering, does this status look good, the zeros mean success
>>>>>>>>>>right? But should I be worried about Density code(unknown)?  This
>>>>>>>>>>is my
>>>>>>>>>>first attempt to use linux to back up on a magnetic drive I used
>>>>>>>>>>ntbackup before, so I kinda need some help.  Should I be using
>>>>>>>>>>/dev/st0
>>>>>>>>>>instead? Thanx, eric.
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>>>>>>>>>>MYHOSTNAME:/# mt -f /dev/nst0 status
>>>>>>>>>>drive type = Generic SCSI-2 tape
>>>>>>>>>>drive status = 1073741824
>>>>>>>>>>sense key error = 0
>>>>>>>>>>residue count = 0
>>>>>>>>>>file number = 0
>>>>>>>>>>block number = 0
>>>>>>>>>>Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x40 (unknown).
>>>>>>>>>>Soft error count since last status=0
>>>>>>>>>>General status bits on (41010000):
>>>>>>>>>> BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN
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>>>>>>>From the st man page...
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>>>>>>>>/dev/st*  : the auto-rewind SCSI tape devices
>>>>>>>>/dev/nst* : the non-rewind SCSI tape devices
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>>>>I have one scsi tape drive that works well (FINALLY) and one that
>>>>still isnt working. The one that is, is a dds4 and the one that isnt
>>>>is a dds2 (tapes that is). Reading the man pages on mt and st are
>>>>enough to get the WTF??!! response out of me. Cleaning the drive is
>>>>very important, make sure you have a cleaning tape and run it. It may
>>>>be incompatible media, etc.. Make sure you have the right media and
>>>>the bs is set right. And when/if you find some clues to it, clue me in
>>>>will ya? lol Thanks. If I manage to get to the one that isnt working
>>>>(when the guy pays me, I might look into it further) and I figure it
>>>>out, I will let you know.
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Darin Perusich wrote:

>any standalone scsi tape drive should work with linux, if you look at
>the tech specs for this drive it has linux listed.
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>what happens when you try writting to this drive? what command are you
>using, errors, scsi settings, etc?
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>eric wrote:
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>>I'm going to have to find an external scsi tape drive that is comaptible
>>with linux, the one that I was using with what used to be a win2000
>>server seems to be only semi compatible with linux it is an external
>>scsi Dell PowerVault 110t
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>>I am able to rewind the tape but cannot write to it, I think Cyber was
>>having the same kind of problem with an LTO??
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