Red Hat :: Unable To Insert DAT72 Tape In Tape Drive / Fix It?
Dec 8, 2008
I have dell poweredge 830 server with tape drive and RHEL 4 running on it....the issue i am facing is,i am unable to insert the tape as i had ejected the tape forcefully from it....
i tried to do a listing of the contents backedup on tape and it got struck in middle throwing below error,
/dev/st0:device input/output error. after which i was unable to eject the tape using
mt -f /dev/st0 rewoffl
i removed the tape by holding the eject button and now when i try to insert another tape, it's unable to take the tape in to tape drive...
I've tried doing all except reeboting the server, can any one help me out in this issue, hope the blow information may help in debugging the issue... code....
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Apr 3, 2016
I have been using an LTO-5 Ultrium-3000 tape drive connected to an ATTO HBA without problem. I can control the tape drive using "mt -f /dev/nst0" and have been able to make successful backups using cpio, tar, and dump/restore. I followed some instructions on the web about how to install the HPE Library and Tape Tools application (version 4.21) which relies on conversion of a rpm to a deb file. The software seems to have been installed correctly and runs. However the hardware scan function does not recognize my tape drive. The following is suggested in the user manual if the tape device is not recognized by the software under Linux:
1. Login as root.
2. Edit the following file:
vi /etc/modules.conf
3. Add the following line as appropriate:
add options scsi_mod max_scsi_luns=128
4. Reboot the computer.
The problem is I don't have an /etc/modules.conf and am not sure exactly which file would be equivalent? If this is even the correct solution.
My tape drive is controllable and functions well using "mt -f /dev/nst0 status" so it seems to be a matter of LT&T software to detect the tape drive.
At the risk of providing too much info here some, possibly relevant, output from lshw
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: b5
[Code] .....
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Code:
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Code:
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xfrm_nalgo 13381 1 ipv6
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Code:
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Code:
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Quote:
ls /dev/tape/
by-id
Quote:
ls -lt /dev/tape/by-id/
total 0
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PHP Code:
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SCSI 2 tape drive:
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Code:
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Code:
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