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Date:      Thu, 7 May 2015 18:03:26 -0400
From:      Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>
To:        freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Dud tapes
Message-ID:  <8E91F289-EBE1-41C7-AC5E-7891108D8C54@langille.org>
In-Reply-To: <DF7DE372-00A8-4012-8C37-37C03747A574@langille.org>
References:  <DF7DE372-00A8-4012-8C37-37C03747A574@langille.org>

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> On May 1, 2015, at 9:41 AM, Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> wrote:
>=20
>=20
> I'm using Bacula 7.0.5 on FreeBSD 10.1 (bacula-dir) and FreeBSD 9.3 =
(bacula-sd).
>=20
> Sometimes I get dud tapes.  Or at least, tapes my tape drive does not =
like.
>=20
> For example:
>=20
> ###
> 01-May 09:39 crey-sd JobId 205441: End of Volume "FAI022" at 11:11326 =
on device "DTL03" (/dev/nsa0). Write of 64512 bytes got 49152.
> 01-May 09:39 crey-sd JobId 205441: Error: Error writing final EOF to =
tape. This Volume may not be readable.
> tape_dev.c:941 ioctl MTWEOF error on "DTL03" (/dev/nsa0). =
ERR=3DInput/output error.
> 01-May 09:39 crey-sd JobId 205441: End of medium on Volume "FAI022" =
Bytes=3D10,784,406,528 Blocks=3D167,168 at 01-May-2015 09:39.
> 01-May 09:39 crey-sd JobId 205441: 3307 Issuing autochanger "unload =
slot 2, drive 0" command.
> ###
>=20
> See also, this from /var/log/messages:
>=20
> ###
> May  1 09:39:01 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): WRITE FILEMARKS(6). =
CDB: 10 00 00 00 01 00
> May  1 09:39:01 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): CAM status: SCSI Status =
Error
> May  1 09:39:01 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): SCSI status: Check =
Condition
> May  1 09:39:01 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): SCSI sense: MEDIUM =
ERROR asc:c,0 (Write error)
> May  1 09:39:01 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): Command Specific Info: =
0x28b4b
> May  1 09:39:01 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): Error 5, Retries =
exhausted
> May  1 09:39:01 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): WRITE FILEMARKS(6). =
CDB: 10 00 00 00 02 00
> May  1 09:39:01 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): CAM status: SCSI Status =
Error
> May  1 09:39:01 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): SCSI status: Check =
Condition
> May  1 09:39:01 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): SCSI sense: MEDIUM =
ERROR asc:c,0 (Write error)
> May  1 09:39:01 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): Command Specific Info: =
0x28b4b
> May  1 09:39:01 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): Error 5, Retries =
exhausted
> May  1 09:42:41 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): WRITE FILEMARKS(6). =
CDB: 10 00 00 00 01 00
> May  1 09:42:41 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): CAM status: SCSI Status =
Error
> May  1 09:42:41 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): SCSI status: Check =
Condition
> May  1 09:42:41 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): SCSI sense: MEDIUM =
ERROR asc:c,0 (Write error)
> May  1 09:42:41 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): Command Specific Info: =
0x11fb
> May  1 09:42:41 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): Error 5, Retries =
exhausted
> May  1 09:42:41 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): WRITE FILEMARKS(6). =
CDB: 10 00 00 00 02 00
> May  1 09:42:41 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): CAM status: SCSI Status =
Error
> May  1 09:42:41 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): SCSI status: Check =
Condition
> May  1 09:42:41 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): SCSI sense: MEDIUM =
ERROR asc:c,0 (Write error)
> May  1 09:42:41 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): Command Specific Info: =
0x11fb
> May  1 09:42:41 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): Error 5, Retries =
exhausted
> ###
>=20
> In this case, I will mark the tape as DISABLED and once it is past =
it's recycling date, I will retire the tape.
>=20
> Best practice might be to rerun the backup, but this backup is also on =
disk.
>=20
> What do you usually do with tapes such as this?  Is this tape or =
hardware?

I took one of these tapes and tried:

$ sudo tar -cf /dev/sa0 *
tar: Write error

It produced these errors:

May  7 21:37:10 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): WRITE FILEMARKS(6). CDB: =
10 00 00 00 02 00
May  7 21:37:10 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): CAM status: SCSI Status =
Error
May  7 21:37:10 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): SCSI status: Check =
Condition
May  7 21:37:10 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): SCSI sense: MEDIUM ERROR =
asc:c,0 (Write error)
May  7 21:37:10 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): Command Specific Info: =
0xbac9
May  7 21:37:10 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): Error 5, Retries =
exhausted
May  7 21:37:10 knew kernel: (sa0:sym0:0:1:0): failed to write =
terminating filemark(s)

Is this a hardware problem?  A tape problem?

=E2=80=94
Dan Langille
http://langille.org/






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