It seems that we are experiencing som LTO instability after upgrading from Networker 6.1.x to 7.1.x. It seems as if after the upgrade we are getting very sporadic tape I/O errors that are causing pre
Author: "Reed, Irene" <Irene.Reed AT TEA.STATE.TX DOT US>
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 11:21:19 -0500
I have been working with Legato with this issue since March of 2004. They have run me through so many hoops, but the problem keeps happening. At first they said it was my environment, but now they ar
Author: "Maarten Boot (CWEU-USERS/CWNL)" <Maarten.Boot AT NL.COMPUWARE DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 18:29:31 +0200
similar problems here but no san, (7.1.2 ) on solaris 9 Maarten -- Maarten Boot, Compuware Europe B.V. Hoogoorddreef 5 1101 BA Amsterdam -- Note: To sign off this list, send a "signoff networker" com
Author: Robert Maiello <robert.maiello AT PFIZER DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 13:46:21 -0400
Hmm, I did notice after we upgraded to 7.1.1 with SDLT that we seem to be have more write failures. This was with no SAN however. On our storage node it turned out to be a combination of drives and a
Author: "Reed, Irene" <Irene.Reed AT TEA.STATE.TX DOT US>
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 12:56:28 -0500
I am finding that this is true in our environment as well. I am removing the tapes with media errors and we don't seem to get them on the new media I add. I think this may be the case. I will soon ha
Author: "Gilles, Paul" <paul.gilles AT NAVTEQ DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 23:44:29 -0500
I am seeing the same recurring problem. Approximately, every two days, the tape devices are unable to be used, giving I/O errors. The only solution is to reboot the Legato server. It's almost like a
Author: Paul Esson <paul.esson AT REDSTOR DOT COM>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 10:09:20 +0100
Folks, We had a similar experience at 6.x with SCSI drives (DLT) attached to a storage router and hence onto a SAN. Periodically, jobs would fail with tape drive I/O errors and we would end up with a
Author: "Eichelberger, Jon" <jon.eichelberger AT SAP DOT COM>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 14:50:04 +0200
Hi, All. I have not made it all the way through the thread on this, but has anyone put one of the erring tapes in an erring drive and just tried to write on it/beat the heck out of it with tar or wha
Author: "Reed, Irene" <Irene.Reed AT TEA.STATE.TX DOT US>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 07:55:27 -0500
I have done it all. I took an erroring tape and removed it from legato. Tarred over the legato lablel. Tarred over the entire tape with a tool legato gave me (fill) to send data to it and verify how
Author: "Maarten Boot (CWEU-USERS/CWNL)" <Maarten.Boot AT NL.COMPUWARE DOT COM>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 15:02:00 +0200
Same here , I wrote my own fill program though, but even if my fill program fills it and reads back all the data proper all I can see is that same tapes have speed problems and do not always go to th
Author: "DEMILDE Gregory (BMB)" <Gregory.DEMILDE AT PROXIMUS DOT NET>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 16:07:22 +0200
Itzik, We also so have some issues which looks like tape media problem. Strangely enough, those problem seems to have poped-up since upgrade. We are using Legato 7.1.2 with LTO-1 drives. Our librarie
Author: Dave Mussulman <mussulma AT CS.UIUC DOT EDU>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 09:52:22 -0500
Same here, no SAN. Server is Solaris 8 running 7.1.2 to a SCSI attached DLT7k jukebox. We started having problems last week with i/o errors (sometimes coinciding with /var/adm/messages scsi errors, b
Author: "Reed, Irene" <Irene.Reed AT TEA.STATE.TX DOT US>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 10:00:47 -0500
I have the same symptoms and have been trying to fix it since March. Removing the "bad" tapes from use is about all that I have found that works. Irene Same here, no SAN. Server is Solaris 8 running
Author: "Maarten Boot (CWEU-USERS/CWNL)" <Maarten.Boot AT NL.COMPUWARE DOT COM>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 17:24:57 +0200
Looking at this thread, does anybody with windows have similar problems. or is it all solaris so far Maarten -- Note: To sign off this list, send a "signoff networker" command via email to listserv A
Author: Robert Maiello <robert.maiello AT PFIZER DOT COM>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 12:56:33 -0400
I only have experience on Solaris..SDLT tape, sorry to be in an LTO thread. I did not verify the write errors with tar because; a.) Some had write errors very far into tape..too far to wait for tar..
Author: "T. S. Kimball" <tkimball AT BRASS DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 11:40:16 -0400
Hi all, I've been monitoring this thread during a week-long installation of AlphaStor. We're preparing to get our first LTO-2 drives online in a storage node and now I'm getting curious and/or nervou
Author: "Reed, Irene" <Irene.Reed AT TEA.STATE.TX DOT US>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 11:26:14 -0500
IBM LTO I drives here...(with problems) Solaris 9 Storage SAN in place. Irene Reed Hi all, I've been monitoring this thread during a week-long installation of AlphaStor. We're preparing to get our fi
Author: Erin Michaud <erin.michaud AT TUFTS DOT EDU>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 14:09:34 -0400
I am seeing this problem as well networker 7.1.1 on AIX 5.1 with IBM 3583 LTO2 on SAN Currently have a case open...will post if I make any headway. -erin On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 11:26:14 -0500, Reed, Iren
Author: Hrvoje Crvelin <hcrvelin AT ORCHESTRA DOT DE>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 20:34:06 +0200
Hello, If I follow this thread correctly, we have those without problems, those with problems caused by bad media and those with problem and without a clue what it is. What happens when you put lus t
Author: Robert Maiello <robert.maiello AT PFIZER DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 16:27:57 -0400
TSK, For the LTO drives on the 880, your using the qus SUN LVD card? I assume you have the SUNWqus package installed as well as patch 112697-04? The terminators should be LVD. Also make sure you have