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[Veritas-bu] Status code 84

2005-07-04 10:07:26
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Status code 84
From: Steven.Jenner AT psinet.telstra.co DOT uk (Steven Jenner)
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 15:07:26 +0100
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Hi I have started to experience status 84 errors since I upgraded my two
media servers last week. I initially upgraded my master server from 4.5
MP6 to 5.1 with no issues (all backups completing successfully); I
therefore decided to upgrade my two media servers from 4.5MP6 to 5.1. =20

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All backups that use media server 2 (sn251180) are successful however
any backups that attempt to use media server1 (sn251170) fail with
status code 84 (media write error). I am having difficulty explaining
this as both servers should in essence be set up exactly the same and I
can see no obvious differences between the two. I have copied below a
problems report detailing the error messages that are being output (the
example is showing an attempted backup of media server 2 by media server
1).

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bash-2.05# cat Export2.txt=20

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Problems on sn251161.mgmt.internal

=20

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Date/Time                     Client                          Severity
Description
Process   Status

------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------

07/04/2005 13:24:10   sn251180.mgmt.internal   Error      FREEZING
media id 000240, too many data blocks written, check tape/driver block
size configuration           bptm     =20

07/04/2005 13:24:10   sn251180.mgmt.internal   Error      from  client
sn251180.mgmt.internal: ERR - Cannot write to STDOUT. Errno =3D 32: =
Broken
pipe                      bpbrm    =20

07/04/2005 13:24:12   sn251180.mgmt.internal   Warning    DOWN'ing
drive index 0, it has had at least 3 errors in last 12 hour(s)
bptm     =20

07/04/2005 13:24:13   sn251180.mgmt.internal   Error      backup  of
client sn251180.mgmt.internal exited with status 84 (media write error)
bpsched  =20

07/04/2005 13:30:51   sn251180.mgmt.internal   Error      FREEZING
media id 000225, too many data blocks written, check tape/driver block
size configuration           bptm     =20

07/04/2005 13:30:51   sn251180.mgmt.internal   Error      from  client
sn251180.mgmt.internal: ERR - Cannot write to STDOUT. Errno =3D 32: =
Broken
pipe                      bpbrm    =20

07/04/2005 13:30:53   sn251180.mgmt.internal   Warning    DOWN'ing
drive index 1, it has had at least 3 errors in last 12 hour(s)
bptm     =20

07/04/2005 13:30:53   sn251180.mgmt.internal   Error      suspending
further backup attempts for client sn251180.mgmt.internal, policy
NB_Servers_3, schedule NB_Servers_Daily because it has exceeded the
configured number of tries   bpsched  =20

07/04/2005 13:30:53   sn251180.mgmt.internal   Error      backup  of
client sn251180.mgmt.internal exited with status 84 (media write error)
bpsched  =20

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Both media servers are running Solaris 9 (at same patch level) and are
connected to IBM LTO2 drives (6 attached to media 1 and 4 attached to
media 2) within a StorageTek L700 tape library. The SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS &
NUMBER_DATA_BUFFERS files are not set up on either server therefore both
should be using the default configuration.

=20

Has anyone else encountered this error following an upgrade?

=20

Any advice would be gratefully appreciated as this has severely limited
my backup system's current capabilities.

=20

Regards,

=20

Steve.

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi I have started to experience status 84 errors =
since I
upgraded my two media servers last week. I initially upgraded my master =
server from
4.5 MP6 to 5.1 with no issues (all backups completing successfully); I =
therefore
decided to upgrade my two media servers from 4.5MP6 to 5.1. =
&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>All backups that use media server 2 (sn251180) are
successful however any backups that attempt to use media server1 =
(sn251170)
fail with status code 84 (media write error). I am having difficulty =
explaining
this as both servers should in essence be set up exactly the same and I =
can see
no obvious differences between the two. I have copied below a problems =
report
detailing the error messages that are being output (the example is =
showing an
attempted backup of media server 2 by media server 1).<font =
color=3Dred><span
style=3D'color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dred face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dred face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>bash-2.05# cat Export2.txt =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dred face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dred face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Problems on =
sn251161.mgmt.internal<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dred face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dred face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dred face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Date/Time&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
Client&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Severity&nbsp=
; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
Description&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb=
sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp=
;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb=
sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Process&nbsp;&nbsp; Status<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dred face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>-------------------------------------=
-------------------------------------------------------------------------=
-------------------------------------------------------------------------=
------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></=
o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dred face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>07/04/2005 13:24:10&nbsp;&nbsp;
sn251180.mgmt.internal&nbsp;&nbsp; Error&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
FREEZING&nbsp; media id 000240, too many data blocks written, check =
tape/driver
block size =
configuration&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=

bptm&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dred face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>07/04/2005 13:24:10&nbsp;&nbsp; =
sn251180.mgmt.internal&nbsp;&nbsp;
Error&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; from&nbsp; client =
sn251180.mgmt.internal:
ERR - Cannot write to STDOUT. Errno =3D 32: Broken
pipe&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb=
sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
bpbrm&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dred face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>07/04/2005 13:24:12&nbsp;&nbsp;
sn251180.mgmt.internal&nbsp;&nbsp; Warning&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
DOWN'ing&nbsp;
drive index 0, it has had at least 3 errors in last 12
hour(s)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb=
sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
bptm&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dred face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>07/04/2005 13:24:13&nbsp;&nbsp;
sn251180.mgmt.internal&nbsp;&nbsp; Error&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
backup&nbsp; of client sn251180.mgmt.internal exited with status 84 =
(media
write
error)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb=
sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
bpsched&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dred face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>07/04/2005 13:30:51&nbsp;&nbsp;
sn251180.mgmt.internal&nbsp;&nbsp; Error&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
FREEZING&nbsp;
media id 000225, too many data blocks written, check tape/driver block =
size
configuration&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;bptm&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dred face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>07/04/2005 13:30:51&nbsp;&nbsp;
sn251180.mgmt.internal&nbsp;&nbsp; Error&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
from&nbsp; client sn251180.mgmt.internal: ERR - Cannot write to STDOUT. =
Errno =3D
32: Broken
pipe&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb=
sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
bpbrm&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dred face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>07/04/2005 13:30:53&nbsp;&nbsp;
sn251180.mgmt.internal&nbsp;&nbsp; Warning&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
DOWN'ing&nbsp;
drive index 1, it has had at least 3 errors in last 12
hour(s)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb=
sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
bptm&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dred face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>07/04/2005 13:30:53&nbsp;&nbsp;
sn251180.mgmt.internal&nbsp;&nbsp; Error&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
suspending&nbsp; further backup attempts for client =
sn251180.mgmt.internal,
policy NB_Servers_3, schedule NB_Servers_Daily because it has exceeded =
the
configured number of tries&nbsp;&nbsp; bpsched&nbsp;&nbsp; =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dred face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>07/04/2005 13:30:53&nbsp;&nbsp;
sn251180.mgmt.internal&nbsp;&nbsp; Error&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
backup&nbsp; of client sn251180.mgmt.internal exited with status 84 =
(media
write
error)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb=
sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
bpsched&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dred face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Both media servers are running Solaris 9 (at same =
patch
level) and are connected to IBM LTO2 drives (6 attached to media 1 and 4
attached to media 2) within a StorageTek L700 tape library. The
SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS &amp; NUMBER_DATA_BUFFERS files are not set up on =
either
server therefore both should be using the default =
configuration.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Has anyone else encountered this error following an =
upgrade?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Any advice would be gratefully appreciated as this =
has severely
limited my backup system&#8217;s current =
capabilities.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Steve.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

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