Well, asside from the bptm message about downing the drive, it looks like 
the st drive (kernel: st) is reporting errors.... I'm not sure what 
mptbase is, but it's reporting a bug?

Better call your OS/Hardware vendor to check that out.

HTH
-Tim

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004, Tayde, Umesh (GE Transportation, Non GE) wrote:

> Hi Tim
> Thanx....
> I have not tried verifying the data..
> I was able to restore from new Tapes we ordered.
> The Tape Drives are COMPAQ  SDLT320 and tape Library HP MSL 5000 series 
> OS : Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0 
> NBU : Veritas Netbackup Enterprise 5.1
> I am not sure about how to check the Tape Driver version and block size 
> netbackup uses while writing onto
> and reading from tapes.
> 
> but the File System block size is 4096..
> 
> The /var/log/messages shows below errors whenever we try to restores...
> =========================================================
> Dec 21 14:30:19 mtlus01bcm kernel: st1: Error 440b0000 (sugg. bt 0x40, driver 
> bt 0x4, host bt 0xb).
> Dec 21 14:30:19 mtlus01bcm kernel: mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x11010200): F/W: 
> bug! MID not found
> Dec 21 14:33:19 mtlus01bcm bptm[13460]: Application (NetBackup) has DOWN'ed 
> drive index 1, see application error log for further information
> Dec 21 15:30:31 mtlus01bcm kernel: st0: Error 440b0000 (sugg. bt 0x40, driver 
> bt 0x4, host bt 0xb).
> Dec 21 15:30:31 mtlus01bcm kernel: mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x11010100): F/W: 
> bug! MID not found
> Dec 21 15:38:05 mtlus01bcm kernel: st0: Error 440b0000 (sugg. bt 0x40, driver 
> bt 0x4, host bt 0xb).
> Dec 21 15:38:05 mtlus01bcm kernel: mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x11010100): F/W: 
> bug! MID not found
> =======================================================
> 
> 
> With Regards
> -Umesh
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Hoke [mailto:thoke AT northpeak DOT org]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 10:07 AM
> To: Tayde, Umesh (GE Transportation, Non GE)
> Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] bptm : Input/output erro
> 
> 
> First things first, what does the bptm log say?  And what does the syslog 
> say?
> 
> Can you perform a verify on the data?
> 
> Have you ever been able to restore?
> 
> What kind of drives?  OS? NBU Version?  Tape driver version?
> 
> What block size are you using?
> 
> -Tim
> 
> 
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2004, Tayde, Umesh (GE Transportation, Non GE) wrote:
> 
> > Hi Gurus,
> > I am getting the below error whenever I try to restore form the tape...
> > I tried to restore from 2/3 tapes, but getting the same error...
> > 
> > "Error bptm (pid=14319) cannot  read image from media id AQG301, drive   
> > index 1, Input/output error "
> > 
> > Surprisingly, I am not getting any errors while backing the data on the 
> > same tapes...
> > 
> > Looking for the solution.... ASAP..
> > 
> > 
> > Thanx & Regards
> > -Umesh Tayade
> > Patni, Consultant
> > GE Structured Services
> > 14000 Horizon Way,
> > Mount Laurel, NJ 08054
> > 856-802-4791
> > 
> > 
> > 
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