Check that the /dev/rmt/* entries match the devices in the robot.  You can
see if they do by inserting a tape into the drive and then issuing  a
mt -f /dev/rmt/* status for the /dev/rmt/ number you have the drive 
configured
to.  It should show a device is present, if not then you have a 
configuration
issue.

--On Wednesday, January 04, 2006 9:04 AM -0600 "Barber, Layne (Contractor)" 
<layne.barber.ctr AT csd.disa DOT mil> wrote:

>
> tapes stay in the drives and must be manually ejected. The robot doesn't
> remove the tapes because it thinks they are not there. It is acting as if
> the OS is losing communication with the device since robtest's unload
> command comes back with "device not present".
>
>
> __________________________________________________
> From: WEAVER, Simon [mailto:simon.weaver AT astrium.eads DOT net]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 08:58
> To: Barber, Layne (Contractor); veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] DLT drives going down
>
>
>
> IF it happens at the end of the job, may be worth checking the robot
> itself perhaps?
> Do the tapes STAY in the tape drives when the error appears? In other
> words, does the Robot manage to REMOVE the tape from the Drive?
>
>
>
> Simon Weaver
> Technical Support
> Windows Domain Administrator
>
> EADS Astrium
> Tel: 02392-708598
>
> Email: Simon.Weaver AT Astrium.eads DOT net
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barber, Layne (Contractor) [mailto:layne.barber.ctr AT csd.disa DOT mil]
> Sent: 04 January 2006 14:56
> To: WEAVER, Simon; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] DLT drives going down
>
>
> Everything has been power cycled several times. The drives appear to go
> down at the end of a job.
>
>
> __________________________________________________
> From: WEAVER, Simon [mailto:simon.weaver AT astrium.eads DOT net]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 08:47
> To: Barber, Layne (Contractor); veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] DLT drives going down
>
>
>
> I assume its been physically powered down / restarted the drives / robot?
> Also, do the tapes go into a DOWN STATE during the middle of a backup, or
> beginning or would you say very random?
>
>
>
> Simon Weaver
> Technical Support
> Windows Domain Administrator
>
> EADS Astrium
> Tel: 02392-708598
>
> Email: Simon.Weaver AT Astrium.eads DOT net
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barber, Layne (Contractor) [mailto:layne.barber.ctr AT csd.disa DOT mil]
> Sent: 04 January 2006 14:34
> To: WEAVER, Simon; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] DLT drives going down
>
>
> They have upgraded the FW to the latest/greatest and checked cables. I
> agree on the polling.
>
>
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