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Re: [Networker] Errors labeling tapes?

2007-12-14 12:16:21
Subject: Re: [Networker] Errors labeling tapes?
From: MIchael Leone <Michael.Leone AT PHA.PHILA DOT GOV>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:14:27 -0500
Steven Weller <sdweller AT sbcglobal DOT net> wrote on 12/14/2007 11:19:15 AM:

> SCSI buss reset on a switch or persistent bonding not
> set causing the drives to reassign on a reboot or
> hardware cycle?
> -S

I had power-cyled both the server and tape library prior to this error ... 
Other tapes were all fine (i.e., deposited, inventoried, etc).


> --- MIchael Leone <Michael.Leone AT PHA.PHILA DOT GOV> wrote:
> 
> > Here's a new one ... I have some tapes that I've
> > been using (i.e., they 
> > are already labeled; they've been used in jobs
> > before). Today I went to 
> > re-label them, because (for some odd reason) the
> > tape label doesn't match 
> > the bar code. And I got this error:
> > 
> > >nsrjb -v -L -bPHACLONE -S2  1127153749
> > 
> > setting verbosity level to `1'
> > Info: Loading volume `893287' from slot `2' into
> > device `\\.\Tape3'.
> > Info: Operation `Verify label' in progress on device
> > `\\.\Tape3'
> > Info: Cannot read the current volume label `read
> > open error: drive status 
> > is There is not a tape in the drive'.
> > Info: nsrmmgd assumes the volume is unlabeled and
> > will write a new label.
> > Info: Operation `Label without mount' in progress on
> > device `\\.\Tape3'
> > Info: Label: `1127153749', pool: `PHACLONE',
> > capacity: `<NULL>'.
> > Info: Operation `Eject' in progress on device
> > `\\.\Tape3'
> > Info: Unloading volume `893287' from device
> > `\\.\Tape3' to slot 2.
> > Error: read open error: drive status is There is not
> > a tape in the drive
> > 39077:nsrjb: error, Jukebox command terminated with
> > errors.
> > 
> > I love the way it says there's no tape in the drive.
> > :-) This tape volume 
> > thinks it's 893287; it's supposed to be 1127153749
> > (which is the bar 
> > code).
> > 
> > Has anybody seen this type of error before? I have a
> > couple tapes where it 
> > is showing up. But only a couple ...
> > 
> > This is not the first tape labeling oddness I've
> > seen in NW 7.4 (on 
> > Win2003, in my case, with an HP MSL 5052 tape
> > library). I saw a post here 
> > from some one else who also noticed labeling
> > problems.
> > 
> > Any thoughts?
> > 
> > -- 
> > Michael Leone
> > Network Administrator, ISM
> > Philadelphia Housing Authority
> > 2500 Jackson St
> > Philadelphia, PA 19145
> > Tel: 215-684-4180
> > <mailto:michael.leone AT pha.phila DOT gov>
> > 
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