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[Veritas-bu] Drive Down logs?

2002-01-10 12:38:56
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Drive Down logs?
From: kevin.v.vapiwala AT ssmb DOT com (Vapiwala, Kevin V [IT])
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 12:38:56 -0500
Well,

If robtest works with mount/dismounts I don't think it would be a hardware
problem. 

Kevin Vapiwala
Salomon Smith Barney
Vital Records Group
2nd Floor, Rutherford
Phone: 201-231-0348
Group Line: 201-231-1270

                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Robert L. Harris [mailto:Robert.L.Harris AT rdlg DOT 
net]
                Sent:   Thursday, January 10, 2002 12:32 PM
                To:     Vapiwala, Kevin V [IT]
                Cc:     'Robert L. Harris'; Peter DrakeUnderkoffler;
Veritas-BU
                Subject:        Re: [Veritas-bu] Drive Down logs?



                This thing's been running great for about 8 months.  what's
the odds it'd
                change it's mapping somehow?


                Thus spake Vapiwala, Kevin V [IT]
(kevin.v.vapiwala AT ssmb DOT com):

                > Try using robtest to manually move the tapes in and out of
the drives. If
                > that works I would guess that your drives are mapped
incorrectly.
                > 
                > 
                > 
                > Kevin Vapiwala
                > Salomon Smith Barney
                > Vital Records Group
                > 2nd Floor, Rutherford
                > Phone: 201-231-0348
                > Group Line: 201-231-1270
                > 
                >               -----Original Message-----
                >               From:   Robert L. Harris
[mailto:Robert.L.Harris AT rdlg DOT net]
                >               Sent:   Thursday, January 10, 2002 11:58 AM
                >               To:     Peter DrakeUnderkoffler
                >               Cc:     Veritas-BU
                >               Subject:        Re: [Veritas-bu] Drive Down
logs?
                > 
                > 
                > 
                >               Bah, don't know why I didn't see it in
syslog.  I was
                > digging through the veritas
                >               first expecting local logs.  
                > 
                >               Upon digging I found this though:
                > 
                >               Jan  8 10:46:17 bck1 tldd[674]:
DecodeDismount(): TLD(0)
                > drive 2, Actual status: Robotic dismount failure
                >               Jan  8 10:46:17 bck1 tldd[674]: TLD(0) drive
2 (device 1) is
                > being DOWNED, status: Robotic dismount failure
                >               Jan  8 10:46:17 bck1 tldd[674]: Check
integrity of the
                > drive, drive path, and media
                >               Jan  8 10:46:34 bck1 avrd[675]: received
busy status from
                > Drive04 (device 3), delay and retry
                > 
                >               Something in the robot isn't happy, what is
a "dismount
                > failure" though?  There
                >               are no tapes in the drive it was unable to
remove, etc.
                > 
                >               Thus spake Peter DrakeUnderkoffler
(pcd AT ratgut DOT com):
                > 
                >               > "Robert L. Harris" wrote:
                >               > > 
                >               > >   Went in this morning and found out
that all 4 drives
                > in my library were
                >               > > marked down by netbackup.  I put them
back "up" and
                > restarted a failed
                >               > > backup.  The first drive is back down,
waiting on the
                > rest.  Is there
                >               > > a log that'll show "why" its down, etc?
One of the
                > drives was replaced
                >               > > less than a month ago.  I'm digging
through the logs but
                > not seeing
                >               > > anything.
                >               > > 
                >               > > :wq!
                >               > >
                >
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                >               > > Robert L. Harris                |
Micros~1 :
                >               > > Senior System Engineer          |    For
when quality,
                > reliability
                >               > >   at RnD Consulting             |
and security just
                > aren't
                >               > >                                 \_
that important!
                >               > > DISCLAIMER:
                >               > >       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I
speak for no-one
                > else.
                >               > > FYI:
                >               > >  perl -e 'print
                >
$i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
                >               > > 
                >               > >
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                >               > 
                >               > 
                >               > Check the syslog, dmesg and bptm.
                >               > 
                >               > Thanks
                >               > peter
                > 
                > 
                > 
                >               :wq!
                >       
                >
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                >               Robert L. Harris                |  Micros~1
:  
                >               Senior System Engineer          |    For
when quality,
                > reliability 
                >                 at RnD Consulting             |      and
security just
                > aren't
                >                                               \_
that important!
                >               DISCLAIMER:
                >                     These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak
for no-one else.
                >               FYI:
                >                perl -e 'print
                >
$i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
                > 
                >
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                :wq!
        
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Robert L. Harris                |  Micros~1 :  
                Senior System Engineer          |    For when quality,
reliability 
                  at RnD Consulting             |      and security just
aren't
                                                \_       that important!
                DISCLAIMER:
                      These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
                FYI:
                 perl -e 'print
$i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'

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