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[Veritas-bu] Problems with Fujifilm and Quantum DLT7000

2002-02-27 23:49:48
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Problems with Fujifilm and Quantum DLT7000
From: Andrew Shinkarev <shinkara AT pprd.abbott DOT com> (Andrew Shinkarev)
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 22:49:48 -0600
On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 06:56:26PM -0600, scott.kendall AT abbott DOT com wrote:

Fuji tape is coming cleaner, Maxell tape is more resistant to 
heat and excessive usage. 
If you are not feeding your tape drive well Maxell is better. 



> 
> All "logo'd" DLT Type IV tapes are either FujiFilm or Maxell, regardless of
> who has slapped their name on it.
> 
> I seem to have better luck with Maxell.  I have talked to others that seem to
> have better luck with FujiFilm.
> 
> Seeing that these are the only two manufacturers, one could guess that
> FujiFilm makes up somewhere between 35% - 65% of the market.  With the market
> share split like this, I really doubt that one is superior to the other or
> more people would be talking about it more often.
> 
> 
> - Scott
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> I'm running Datacenter 3.4 on an Ultra 60 with Solaris 8, using an ADIC
> Faststor DLT7000 and Fujifilm DLT4 tapes. I'm also using the
> on-board/built-in SE SCSI controller that comes with the Ultra60 to attach
> the ADIC. I'm getting SCSI timeout errors:
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> Feb 26 13:30:21 mmc-san-vbu01-p scsi: [ID 365881 kern.info]
> /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3,1 (glm1):
> Feb 26 13:30:21 mmc-san-vbu01-p         Cmd (0x245c88) dump for Target 5 Lun
> 0:
> Feb 26 13:30:21 mmc-san-vbu01-p scsi: [ID 365881 kern.info]
> /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3,1 (glm1):
> Feb 26 13:30:21 mmc-san-vbu01-p                 cdb=[ 0x11 0x1 0x0 0x0 0xcc
> 0x0 ]
> Feb 26 13:30:21 mmc-san-vbu01-p scsi: [ID 365881 kern.info]
> /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3,1 (glm1):
> Feb 26 13:30:21 mmc-san-vbu01-p         pkt_flags=0x0 pkt_statistics=0x61
> pkt_state=0x7
> Feb 26 13:30:21 mmc-san-vbu01-p scsi: [ID 365881 kern.info]
> /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3,1 (glm1):
> Feb 26 13:30:21 mmc-san-vbu01-p         pkt_scbp=0x0 cmd_flags=0xe1
> Feb 26 13:30:21 mmc-san-vbu01-p scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
> /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3,1 (glm1):
> Feb 26 13:30:21 mmc-san-vbu01-p         Disconnected command timeout for
> Target 5.0
> Feb 26 13:30:21 mmc-san-vbu01-p glm: [ID 160360 kern.warning] WARNING:
> ID[SUNWpd.glm.cmd_timeout.6016]
> Feb 26 13:30:21 mmc-san-vbu01-p scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
> /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3,1/st@5,0 (st12):
> Feb 26 13:30:21 mmc-san-vbu01-p         SCSI transport failed: reason
> 'timeout': giving up
> 
> All my Netbackup and Sun patches are current and correct. My firmware is all
> up to date as well. Sun and ADIC tell me it's not a good idea to have an
> autoloader hanging off of the onboard SE SCSI port and that that is what is
> causing my timeouts and subsequent backup failure. Has anyone heard of this
> before? Also have you had any timeout issues while using fujifilm tapes on a
> quantum dlt7000?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Craig Everett
> ASG Professional Services
> Systems Consultant
> Office 858.277.9544
> Fax 858.277.1229
> ceverett AT virtual DOT com
> (See attached file: Craig Everett.vcf)
> 



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Andrew Shinkarev
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Abbott Laboratories
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shinkara AT pprd.abbott DOT com

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