Amanda-Users

Re: VXA-2 packet-loader issues and AMANDA [Fwd: hard luck with the new autoloader]

2005-02-03 23:56:41
Subject: Re: VXA-2 packet-loader issues and AMANDA [Fwd: hard luck with the new autoloader]
From: Michael Loftis <mloftis AT wgops DOT com>
To: amanda <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 21:51:18 -0700


--On Thursday, February 03, 2005 15:03 -0500 "James D. Freels" <freelsjd AT ornl DOT gov> wrote:

I am getting scsi sense errors using the new drive about 1-2 minutes
after an amdump or amflush starts.  Below are the reommendations from
Exabyte tech support to fix it.

I seem to remember doing FW upgrades on VXAs and DLTs was similar...you write the firmware to the tape, restart the tape, and it reads on the new firmware....

As far as sense errors, more likely it's a cabling issue.