I've had something similar with my Dell PV132T.
If i've used the menu and taken it 'offline' I get a message very similar.

--John

jpg1792 wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I've been tasked with getting a HP DLT SureStore Autochanger working
> with Bacula on a Gentoo Linux server.  I know nothing about tape
> drives and I've been following what I can find online, but now I'm
> stuck.
> 
> Here is the setup:
> 
> # tapeinfo -f /dev/sg0
> Product Type: Tape Drive
> Vendor ID: 'QUANTUM '
> Product ID: 'DLT8000         '
> Revision: '023B'
> Attached Changer: No
> SerialNumber: 'CXA31P0013'
> MinBlock:2
> MaxBlock:16777214
> SCSI ID: 0
> SCSI LUN: 0
> Ready: no
> 
> # tapeinfo -f /dev/sg1
> Product Type: Medium Changer
> Vendor ID: 'HP      '
> Product ID: 'C6280-8000      '
> Revision: '2.12'
> Attached Changer: No
> SerialNumber: 'HP      '
> TapeAlert[25]:Undefined.
> SCSI ID: 1
> SCSI LUN: 0
> Ready: no
> 
> using the mtx command I get:
> 
> # mtx -f /dev/sg0 inquiry
> Product Type: Tape Drive
> Vendor ID: 'QUANTUM '
> Product ID: 'DLT8000         '
> Revision: '023B'
> Attached Changer: No
> 
> # mtx -f /dev/sg1 inquiry
> Product Type: Medium Changer
> Vendor ID: 'HP      '
> Product ID: 'C6280-8000      '
> Revision: '2.12'
> Attached Changer: No
> 
> So it looks like everything is found correctly, but then I try:
> 
> # mtx -f /dev/sg1 status
> mtx: Request Sense: 70 00 04 00 00 00 00 46 00 00 00 00 40 80 00 00 00 00 00 
> 00
> READ ELEMENT STATUS Command Failed
> 
> I tried searching google for this error, but I can't find it anywhere.
> 
> These are the relevant scsi messages from dmesg:
> 
> scsi0 : Adaptec AIC79XX PCI-X SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 3.0
> scsi 0:0:0:0: Sequential-Access QUANTUM  DLT8000          023B PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
> scsi 0:0:1:0: Medium Changer    HP       C6280-8000       2.12 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
> st 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi tape st0
> st 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 1
> scsi 0:0:1:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 8
> ch 0:0:1:0: Attached scsi changer ch0
> 
> I do have some other scsi devices attached, but this is the only one
> on this controller and it is properly terminated.
> 
> Any help or advice on what I need to do next would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> -Ezra
> 
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