Re: [Bacula-users] Is my tape jukebox borked?

On 2013-01-22 14:30, Alan McKay wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I started out with bacula 3 or 4 months ago but as it turned out the
> card I was using did not properly recognize the tape changer.  The
> whole thing got sidetracked for a while but now I'm back with a new
> card which seems to see everything fine.   It is a Sun SL24 jukebox.
> I'm running Ubuntu 12.10 with bacula out of the apt-get packages.
>
> I stopped using the jukebox a few months ago with the software Sun 
> had
> sold us for it, because I suspected some issues with either the
> software or the hardware.  Now I fear it is hardware.
>
> Was trying some basic mtx-changer tests and btape and getting some
> results that looked odd, so I looked into the mtx-changer script and
> found this command - with results as shown :
>
> root@nashead01:/etc/bacula# mtx -f /dev/sg0 status
> mtx: Request Sense: Long Report=yes
> mtx: Request Sense: Valid Residual=no
> mtx: Request Sense: Error Code=70 (Current)
> mtx: Request Sense: Sense Key=Illegal Request
> mtx: Request Sense: FileMark=no
> mtx: Request Sense: EOM=no
> mtx: Request Sense: ILI=no
> mtx: Request Sense: Additional Sense Code = 24
> mtx: Request Sense: Additional Sense Qualifier = 00
> mtx: Request Sense: BPV=no
> mtx: Request Sense: Error in CDB=no
> mtx: Request Sense: SKSV=no
> Mode sense (0x1A) for Page 0x1D failed
> mtx: Request Sense: Long Report=yes
> mtx: Request Sense: Valid Residual=no
> mtx: Request Sense: Error Code=70 (Current)
> mtx: Request Sense: Sense Key=Illegal Request
> mtx: Request Sense: FileMark=no
> mtx: Request Sense: EOM=no
> mtx: Request Sense: ILI=no
> mtx: Request Sense: Additional Sense Code = 20
> mtx: Request Sense: Additional Sense Qualifier = 00
> mtx: Request Sense: BPV=no
> mtx: Request Sense: Error in CDB=no
> mtx: Request Sense: SKSV=no
> READ ELEMENT STATUS Command Failed
>
> I have a feeling there is tape jammed in there somewhere but am not 
> sure.
>
> What's my next step to debug this?

I don't know what those messages mean, but anything anyone has a SCSI 
problem I ask:

Is this a SCSI device?  Is the SCSI chain properly terminated?  Have 
you tried another SCSI cable?

-- 
Dan Langille - http://langille.org/

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