On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 12:06 PM, ammad shah <mammadshah@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > hi all, > i am using RHEL 5 on IBM-P series having IBM Tape drive LTO3. I can backup > small size of file/s. but when i try to backup file/files with larger size > it stops working. > even i have changed the tape cartrage (disk). but still in trouble. > > root# mt -f /dev/st0 status > > SCSI 2 tape drive: > File number=0, block number=0, partition=0. > Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x44 (no translation). > Soft error count since last status=0 > General status bits on (41010000): > BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN > > > # tar cvf /dev/st0 /etc > > tar: Removing leading `/' from member names > > /etc/ > /etc/DIR_COLORS > /etc/issue.net > /etc/csh.login > /etc/pam_pkcs11/ > /etc/pam_pkcs11/pkcs11_eventmgr.conf > /etc/pam_pkcs11/pam_pkcs11.conf > /etc/scrollkeeper.conf > /etc/NetworkManager/ > /etc/gdm/modules/AccessKeyMouseEvents > > tar: /dev/st0: Cannot write: Input/output error > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > > > There are (hexadecimal) errors in log file (/var/log/messages) and on > console > > > Jun 14 18:50:44 Mars kernel: ipr: 000003D0: 594A0900 00008000 D0001010 > 00000000 > Jun 14 18:50:44 Mars kernel: ipr: 000003E0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 > 00000000 > Jun 14 18:50:50 Mars kernel: st0: Current: sense key: Unit Attention > Jun 14 18:50:50 Mars kernel: Additional sense: Power on, reset, or bus > device reset occurred > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Instantly invite friends from Facebook and other social networks to join > you on Windows Live™ Messenger. > https://www.invite2messenger.net/im/?source=TXT_EML_WLH_InviteFriends > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > typically, when we see this, either the tape or the tape drive is bad. we have also seen when several tapes in a box/batch/shipment are bad. you have to verify that your tapes are known good and that the tape drive is known good. (i.e., basic troubleshooting)
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