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Re: [Networker] Unload failures with ADIC Scalar 1000 (DLT8000) on SAN using DDS

2003-11-21 13:27:57
Subject: Re: [Networker] Unload failures with ADIC Scalar 1000 (DLT8000) on SAN using DDS
From: Bob Schuknecht <Bob_Schuknecht AT HILTON DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 12:27:45 -0600
We have a similar setup as yours but our timers are not set anywhere
close to yours.

Eject 20
Cleaning 60
Unload 20
Load 20
Polling 3
Deposit 15
Withdrawal 15
Idle timeout 10

Another item to check is the firmware version loaded on the Scalar 1000.
We have two Scalar 1000s. The one that gives us less fits is version
3.00. The other one is at version 6.1.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ballinger, John M [mailto:john.ballinger AT PNL DOT GOV] 
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 12:25 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] Unload failures with ADIC Scalar 1000 (DLT8000) on
SAN using DDS


Anyone have an idea what our problem might be?

We have an ADIC Scalar 1000 tape library using 2 FCR250's on a SAN.
One Solaris box is the NetWorker server and 3 other Solaris systems are
storage nodes.
Each of the 4 systems is on the SAN with a single HBA (all emulex
LP8000's) and we use persistent binding.

We continue to see unload failures of drives in the nw3 tape-library.
And we've set the timers for the jukebox as follows:
                Eject sleep     120
                Cleaning delay  300
                Unload Sleep    60
                Load Sleep      60
                Port polling period 3
                Deposit timeout 15
                Withdraw timeout  15
                Idle device timeout     10


                nw3# nsrjb -HEv
                setting verbosity level to `1'
                hardware_reset:
                Jukebox handle being opened at port [email protected]
                hardware_reset:
                Jukebox handle being closed at port [email protected]
                Jukebox handle being opened at port [email protected]
                box_inventory:
                Jukebox handle being closed at port [email protected]
                box_inventory_free:
                Jukebox handle being opened at port [email protected]
                box_comp_status():
                box_comp_status_free():
                box_comp_status():
                box_comp_status_free():
                box_comp_status():
                box_comp_status_free():
                box_comp_status():
                box_comp_status_free():
                box_comp_status():
                box_comp_status_free():
                box_comp_status():
                box_comp_status_free():
                box_comp_status():
                box_comp_status_free():
                Jukebox handle being closed at port [email protected]
                Jukebox handle being opened at port [email protected]
                Unloading jukebox: drive `rd=nw3sn2:/dev/rmt/1cbn' into
slot `19'
                box_unload: unload failure detected - retrying
                box_unload: retry: start time = 1068855935
                box_unload: retry: sleeping 30
Time is ~4:26PM here..

Earlier we had a successfull reset of the library:
                nsrjb -HEv
                setting verbosity level to `1'
                hardware_reset:
                Jukebox handle being opened at port [email protected]
                hardware_reset:
                Jukebox handle being closed at port [email protected]
                Jukebox handle being opened at port [email protected]
                box_inventory:
                Jukebox handle being closed at port [email protected]
                box_inventory_free:
                Jukebox handle being opened at port [email protected]
                box_comp_status():
                box_comp_status_free():
                box_comp_status():
                box_comp_status_free():
                box_comp_status():
                box_comp_status_free():
                box_comp_status():
                box_comp_status_free():
                box_comp_status():
                box_comp_status_free():
                box_comp_status():
                box_comp_status_free():
                box_comp_status():
                box_comp_status_free():
                Jukebox handle being closed at port [email protected]
                box_display: `' for drive `/dev/rmt/0cbn'
                box_display: `' for drive `rd=nw3sn4:/dev/rmt/1cbn'
                box_display: `' for drive `rd=nw3sn4:/dev/rmt/2cbn'
                box_display: `' for drive `rd=nw3sn4:/dev/rmt/3cbn'
                box_display: `' for drive `rd=nw3sn4:/dev/rmt/4cbn'
                box_display: `' for drive `rd=nw3sn4:/dev/rmt/5cbn'
                box_display: `' for drive `rd=nw3sn4:/dev/rmt/6cbn'

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