Re: [Networker] Confusing tape problem...
2010-10-18 07:11:56
On 10/15/10 11:48 AM, George Sinclair wrote:
> Francis Swasey wrote:
>> I am running Red Hat Linux (RHEL 4 32-bit and 5 64-bit).
>>
>> I started having this problem with NW 7.4.5.2 and am still having it with NW
>> 7.5.3.2.
>
> What does /usr/sbin/inquire show? Does it report your tape library?
> What about /proc/scsi/scsi ?
/usr/sbin/inquire on the networker server shows the tape library, on the
storage nodes that
have tape drives connected, it shows the connected tape drives.
/proc/scsi/scsi is the same,
containing the tape robotics on the networker server and the IBM ULTRIUM-TD4
tape drives on the
storage nodes as appropriate.
>
> What about /usr/bin/sg_map ? Does it report all the devices, including the
> robot? Can you run
> 'mt -f /dev/nst#' status for each device?
This is Red Hat and I don't have sg_map -- I'll have to google that one to see
what it does.
Yes, I can run 'mt -f /dev/nst#' for each of the devices and it works.
>
> Finally, is it possible that one or more modules required for proper tape
> functionality is not
> loaded? What does /sbin/lsmod report? Do you see mptbase, mptscsih, st ???
I believe all the proper modules are loaded, or this would be a solid failure
rather than a
frequent but unpredictable failure. If I could reliably reproduce this, it
would be much
easier to diagnose.
>
> George
>>
>> On 10/14/10 10:21 AM, George Sinclair wrote:
>>> What OS are you running?
>>
>> I am running Red Hat Linux (RHEL 4 32-bit and RHEL 5 64-bit).
>>
>>
>>> What version of NetWorker?
>>
>> When I first noticed this problem, I was running NW 7.4.5.2 and it is still
>> here with NW
>> 7.5.3.2.
>>
>>> What is your set up?
>>
>> I have a NetWorker server and eight storage nodes. The NetWorker server has
>> the robot of the
>> tape library and the fourteen tape drives are direct attached (no switch) to
>> the various
>> storage nodes, two storage nodes have one tape drive each, three storage
>> nodes have two tape
>> drives each, two storage nodes have three tape drives each.
>>
>> The problem hits on almost all the tape drives on both versions of RHEL.
>> There are no error
>> messages logged in /var/log/messages on the storage node, nor on the tape
>> library to indicate
>> that any error really happened.
>>
>
>
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