[Networker] clone error: media emergency: inactive ssid

Hello Networkers,

HP-UX 11.0
Networker 6.1.1

I am trying to manually clone a tape and it repeatedly fails.  I get
numerous 'Media Emergence:  Inactive ssid' errors in daemon and message
logs.  After several minutes the clone fails.  I've run thru this several
times.  The whole clone process is giving me trouble as follows:

- select clone volume (via gui or command line). It takes about 20 minutes
before it does anything, meanwhile nsrclone process creeps up to 99% cpu
utilization.  eventually source and clone tapes are loaded.

- cloning starts.  w/in 1 minute following entries in log files:
09/13/02 10:31:02 nsrd: media info: can not read record 0 of file 2 on 8mm
AIT-2 tape A00007
09/13/02 10:31:03 nsrmmd #1: inactive ssid
09/13/02 10:31:03 nsrd: media emergency: inactive ssid
09/13/02 10:31:03 nsrmmd #1: inactive ssid
09/13/02 10:31:03 nsrd: cloning session:1 of 3066 save set(s) starting read
from A00007 of 119 GB
09/13/02 10:31:03 nsrmmd #1: inactive ssid
09/13/02 10:31:03 nsrd: media emergency: inactive ssid
09/13/02 10:31:03 nsrmmd #1: inactive ssid
09/13/02 10:31:03 nsrd: media emergency: inactive ssid
09/13/02 10:31:03 nsrd: media emergency: inactive ssid
09/13/02 10:32:41 nsrd: media info: can not read record 0 of file 30 on 8mm
AIT-2 tape A00007
09/13/02 10:32:41 nsrmmd #1: inactive ssid
09/13/02 10:32:41 nsrd: media emergency: inactive ssid
09/13/02 10:32:41 nsrmmd #1: inactive ssid
etc. ad nauseum...

this goes on for about 5 minutes then clone stops. and nothing is cloned.

- when I close the clone window, nsradmin gui core dumps.

- restart nsradmin.

- unmount source volume - ok

- unmount clone volume - can't, error: device busy

- check process list, no clone running (should have done lsof on tape drive)

- restart networker - ok

- unmount clone drive - ok

the tape in question has 120GB on it.  I can 'scanner' it ok.  I did so
last night.  Only unusual message on scanner is at very start of tape but
all save sets are read.  Here're the scanner messages:

scanner: NetWorker notice: no tape label found
scanner: scanning for valid records...
scanner: read: 65536 bytes
scanner: read: 65536 bytes
scanner: Found valid record:
scanner: volume id 3054385153
scanner: file number 879
scanner: record number 1
scanner: volume name `A00007'
scanner: scanning 8mm AIT-2 tape A00007 on /dev/rmt/ait2nb
scanner: 8mm AIT-2 tape A00007 already exists in the media index
scanner: unexpected file number, wanted 2 got 881
scanner: ssid 339491073: scan complete
scanner: ssid 339491073: 3905 KB, 49 file(s)
scanner: ssid 339499009: scan complete
scanner: ssid 339499009: 11 MB, 72 file(s)
etc...

Anyone have any advice on this?  I've had this happen several times with
exactly the same problems.  I may delete the volume, scanner it in and then
see if I can clone it.  I have other volumes that will clone fine no
problem.

TIA,

Chuck Davis
Army Medical Surveillance Activity
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington DC

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