From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 16 18:46:43 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4269316A4CE for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 18:46:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from post5.inre.asu.edu (post5.inre.asu.edu [129.219.110.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12F1843D3F for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 18:46:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from David.Bear@asu.edu) Received: from conversion.post5.inre.asu.edu by asu.edu (PMDF V6.1-1X6 #30769) id <0HUP0050191SXR@asu.edu> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 19:46:40 -0700 (MST) Received: from smtp.asu.edu (smtp.asu.edu [129.219.110.107]) by asu.edu (PMDF V6.1-1X6 #30769) with ESMTP id <0HUP00LL091SCK@asu.edu> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 19:46:40 -0700 (MST) Received: from moroni.pp.asu.edu (moroni.pp.asu.edu [129.219.120.183]) (8.12.10/8.12.10/asu_smtp_relay,nullclient,tcp_wrapped) with ESMTP id i2H2kdQw002147 for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 19:46:40 -0700 (MST) Received: by moroni.pp.asu.edu (Postfix, from userid 500) id E1A879D7; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 19:46:39 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 19:46:39 -0700 From: David Bear To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <20040317024639.GH6174@asu.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: scsi tape errors X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: David.Bear@asu.edu List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 02:46:43 -0000 I am getting error messages that don't make much sense. They would lead me to beleive that the tape is bad... I guess. Yet, I have a hard time beleiving that the two out of four tapes is bad. issuing an 'mt erase' it get an input/output error. below are the kernel messages. could two tapes suddenly just become 'bad'? Since these are ait tapes and have a 64k ram buffer, I'm wondering if there may be some bad data there and if there is a way to clear it... The tape unit is a sony sdx300c. I've updated it to the latest firmware. Its attached to an adaptec 2940wide. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D dmesg =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 =2E.. lots of stuff deleted ... Disconnected Queue entries: 0:0=20 QOUTFIFO entries:=20 Sequencer Free SCB List: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20= 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31=20 Sequencer SCB Info: 0(c 0x44, s 0xa7, l 0, t 0x0) 1(c 0x0, s 0xff, l 255, t= 0xff) 2(c 0x0, s 0xff, l 255, t 0xff) 3(c 0x0, s 0xff, l 255, t 0xff) 4(c = 0x0, s 0xff, l 255, t 0xff) 5(c 0x0, s 0xff, l 255, t 0xff) 6(c 0x0, s 0xff= , l 255, t 0xff) 7(c 0x0, s 0xff, l 255, t 0xff) 8(c 0x0, s 0xff, l 255, t = 0xff) 9(c 0x0, s 0xff, l 255, t 0xff) 10(c 0x0, s 0xff, l 255, t 0xff) 11(c= 0x0, s 0xff, l 255, t 0xff) 12(c 0x0, s 0xff, l 255, t 0xff) 13(c 0x0, s 0= xff, l 255, t 0xff) 14(c 0x0, s 0xff, l 255, t 0xff) 15(c 0x0, s 0xff, l 25= 5, t 0xff) 16(c 0x0, s 0xff, l 255, t 0xff) 17(c 0x0, s 0xff, l 255, t 0xff= ) 18(c 0x0, s 0xff, l 255, t 0xff) 19(c 0x0, s 0xff, l 255, t 0xff) 20(c 0x= 0, s 0xff, l 255, t 0xff) 21(c 0x0, s 0xff, l 255, t 0xff) 22(c 0x0, s 0xff= , l 255, t 0xff) 23(c 0x0, s 0xff, l 255, t 0xff) 24(c 0x0, s 0xff, l 255, = t 0xff) 25(c 0x0, s 0xff, l 255, t 0xff) 26(c 0x0, s 0xff, l 255, t 0xff) 2= 7(c 0x0, s 0xff, l 255, t 0xff) 28(c 0x0, s 0xff, l 255, t 0xff) 29(c 0x0, = s 0xff, l 255,=20 t 0xff) 30(c 0x0, s 0xff, l 255, t 0xff) 31(c 0x0, s 0xff, l 255, t 0xff)= =20 Pending list: 0(c 0x40, s 0xa7, l 0) Kernel Free SCB list: 15 16 17 18 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 12 11 10=20 Untagged Q(10): 0=20 sg[0] - Addr 0x4366000 : Length 4096 sg[1] - Addr 0x3c27000 : Length 4096 (sa0:ahc1:0:10:0): Queuing a BDR SCB (sa0:ahc1:0:10:0): Bus Device Reset Message Sent (sa0:ahc1:0:10:0): no longer in timeout, status =3D 34b ahc1: Bus Device Reset on A:10. 1 SCBs aborted (sa0:ahc1:0:10:0): unable to rewind after test read =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --=20 David Bear phone: 480-965-8257 fax: 480-965-9189 College of Public Programs/ASU Wilson Hall 232 Tempe, AZ 85287-0803 "Beware the IP portfolio, everyone will be suspect of trespassing"