Release Date 11/10/2004
     Category Tape Devices


This release contains the following firmware versions:
*PowerVault 132T LTO1 and LTO2 Library Firmware: 227D.GY002
*PowerVault 132T SDLT320 Library Firmware: 227D.GZ002
*PowerVault 132T Remote Management Card Firmware: 181F.00003
*PowerVault 132T LTO1 Tape Drive Firmware: 36U3
*PowerVault 132T LTO2 Tape Drive Firmware: 37RH
*PowerVault 132T SDLT320 Tape Drive Firmware: 5252 (V82)
*PowerVault 132T SNC Module Firmware: 4.45.04

--Shawn

To: <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 5:29 PM

I've got Networker 7.1.1 running on a Linux box with a Dell PowerVault 132T with two SDLT320 drives attached via SAN.

After some SAN issues, I don't seem to be able to use one of the drives. We've reset everything, and everything seems to work great, except for this one drive. The drive has physically been replaced already.

Whenever I try and load a tape via "nsrjb -l", I get the following:

cranes [6:17pm] ~ # nsrjb -lv -f /dev/nst1 000009
setting verbosity level to `1'
Jukebox handle being opened at port [email protected]
box_inventory:
Jukebox handle being closed at port [email protected]
box_inventory_free:
Jukebox handle being opened at port [email protected]
Slot `9' is being loaded into drive `/dev/nst1'
box_display: `000009' for drive `/dev/nst1'
Jukebox handle being closed at port [email protected]
load sleep for 5 seconds
nsrjb: About to read label on /dev/nst1
nsrjb: About to eject volume from /dev/nst1
eject sleep for 5 seconds
Jukebox handle being opened at port [email protected]
Unloading jukebox: drive `/dev/nst1' into slot `9'
Jukebox handle being closed at port [email protected]
unload sleep for 5 seconds
Error: while operating on slot `9': expected volume '000009' got 'NULL'.
nsrjb: Jukebox error:  Tue 18:21:43 expected volume '000009' got 'NULL'.

In the logs I also get "read open error: drive status is", and that's it.

If I try the mount from the GUI, I get much the same, plus:

Feb 15 18:25:58 cranes logger: NetWorker media: (warning) /dev/nst1 opening: DRIVE_STATUS_CARTRIDGE_FAULT Feb 15 18:25:58 cranes logger: NetWorker media: (warning) /dev/nst1 opening: DRIVE_STATUS_CARTRIDGE_FAULT Feb 15 18:25:58 cranes logger: NetWorker media: (warning) /dev/nst1 reading: read open error: drive status is There is a tape cartridge fault Feb 15 18:25:59 cranes logger: NetWorker media: (warning) /dev/nst1 opening: DRIVE_STATUS_CARTRIDGE_FAULT

After the tape drive was replaced, I _was_ able to mount a tape in it, but other issues (dynamic drive sharing - Windows DSNs got the drives backwards) needed to be resolved, and now its not working again.

I've tried "nsrjb -HHv" a number of times. Oddly, the output of this seems to indicate that there is always tapes that need unloading in BOTH drives, and clainms that they "may have a tape stuck in it."

Is anyone familiar with these symtpoms and a solution?

-Brian

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