From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 20 17:13:32 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org 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 01AAF16A405 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:13:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galvez@virginia.edu) Received: from fork11.mail.virginia.edu (fork11.mail.Virginia.EDU [128.143.2.181]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E0F043D5E for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:13:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from galvez@virginia.edu) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fork11.mail.virginia.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A29A1F53CE; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:13:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fork11.mail.virginia.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (fork11.mail.virginia.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 12027-02; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:13:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from humpty.finadmin.virginia.edu (humpty.finadmin.Virginia.EDU [128.143.87.245]) by fork11.mail.virginia.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0794E1F523F; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:13:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (d-137-145-212.bootp.Virginia.EDU [137.54.145.212]) (authenticated bits=0) by humpty.finadmin.virginia.edu (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3KHDJR4096529 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:13:19 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from galvez@virginia.edu) Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:13:16 -0400 From: Mike Galvez To: Stas Khromoy Message-ID: <20060420171316.GD225@d-137-145-212.bootp.virginia.edu> References: <4447AAAC.6020903@edpausa.com> <20060420161353.GC35511@malcolm.berkeley.edu> <4447B86F.1000602@edpausa.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4447B86F.1000602@edpausa.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i X-Operating-System: Darwin X-UVA-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at fork11.mail.virginia.edu Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: scsi troubles X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:13:32 -0000 On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 12:35:59PM -0400, Stas Khromoy wrote: > > i am pretty sure backups don't work when error comes up > and the tape drive locks up at that time too, requiring a cold reset > > is any one else using this tape model (powervault 114t LTO2 tape drive)? Stas, I am using a PV-124T LTO2. I am having similar issues with the changer locking up when moving tapes. I didn't see the earlier part of this thread, so I don't know what you are using for backup software. I'm using Amanda 2.4.5p1 with FreeBSD 6.1-RC1 on Dell PE-850 and having a few issues getting it to run smoothly. I was beginning to wonder if I got a bad changer. I am able to make backups and restore from them, but every so often I get a "Dump Card State" message and the changer locks up and has to be power-cycled. ch0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 6 lun 1 ch0: Removable Changer SCSI-2 device ch0: 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit) ch0: 8 slots, 1 drive, 1 picker, 0 portals (sa0:ahc0:0:6:0): tape is now frozen- use an OFFLINE, REWIND or MTEOM command to clear this state. (sa0:ahc0:0:6:0): tape is now frozen- use an OFFLINE, REWIND or MTEOM command to clear this state. ahc0: Recovery Initiated >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dump Card State Begins <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ahc0: Dumping Card State while idle, at SEQADDR 0x8 Card was paused ACCUM = 0x4, SINDEX = 0x67, DINDEX = 0x27, ARG_2 = 0x4 HCNT = 0x0 SCBPTR = 0x0 SCSIPHASE[0x0] SCSISIGI[0x0] ERROR[0x0] SCSIBUSL[0x0] LASTPHASE[0x1]:(P_BUSFREE) SCSISEQ[0x12]:(ENAUTOATNP|ENRSELI) SBLKCTL[0xa]:(SELWIDE|SELBUSB) SCSIRATE[0x0] SEQCTL[0x10]:(FASTMODE) SEQ_FLAGS[0xc0]:(NO_CDB_SENT|NOT_IDENTIFIED) SSTAT0[0x0] ----- snip ---- This probably isn't helpful as I don't have an answer for why this happening. I'm still looking. -Mike > > > ----- > > > >[snip] > > > >Do you know for sure if the backups are failing? It's possible the dump > >card states are harmless. I have some systems that do a dump card state > >on boot but that have never exhibited an actual problem. > > > >Another suggestion is to check if you have the latest firmware for both > >the tape drive and the controller. > > > >Still more people will probably say that there is bad voodoo between > >whoever your controller vendor is and whoever your drive vendor is. > > > >Mike > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Michael Galvez http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mrg8n Information Technology Specialist University of Virginia USENIX Member