Just when I thought I had seen every possible error, this comes along:

07-Jun 01:12 khyber-dir JobId 2118: Start Backup JobId 2118, 
Job=gecko.2008-06-07_01.05.11

07-Jun 01:12 khyber-dir JobId 2118: Using Device "VXA3drive"

07-Jun 01:32 khyber-sd JobId 2118: Fatal error: Unable to write EOF. 
ERR=dev.c:1669 
ioctl MTWEOF error on "VXA3drive" (/dev/nst0). ERR=Input/output error.

07-Jun 01:33 khyber-sd JobId 2118: Error: Error writing final EOF to tape. This 
Volume may not be readable.
dev.c:1669 ioctl MTWEOF error on "VXA3drive" (/dev/nst0). ERR=Input/output 
error.


At the time this happened, /var/log/messages had this:

Jun  7 01:12:13 khyber kernel:  target4:0:0: FAST-40 WIDE SCSI 80.0 MB/s ST (25 
ns, 
offset 32)
Jun  7 01:32:52 khyber kernel: st0: Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
Jun  7 01:32:52 khyber kernel: Info fld=0xf8e59c01
Jun  7 01:32:52 khyber kernel: st0: Add. Sense: Write append error
Jun  7 01:33:59 khyber kernel: st0: Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
Jun  7 01:33:59 khyber kernel: Info fld=0x1
Jun  7 01:33:59 khyber kernel: st0: Add. Sense: Write append error


After some SCSI errors two weeks ago, I swapped the SCSI card for a backup. Now 
that 
this new error happened I swapped the cable and terminator, so maybe if this is 
a 
SCSI problem then I will find that it is fixed.  Or could it be something else?

Oh, and is the tape really unreadable?  It had valid data from a previous 
backup on 
it before this job died with the error.

The drive is a VXA-320 inside an Exabyte Packetloader autochanger.

Thanks,
Mark


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