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Re: [Networker] Drives disable when cloning

2004-12-13 15:05:32
Subject: Re: [Networker] Drives disable when cloning
From: Robert Maiello <robert.maiello AT PFIZER DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:04:44 -0500
I'll take a guess that perhpas its:

a.) Bad batch of tapes  (you would see write errors also; puzzling).
b.) Cable/SAN problem; perhaps during cloning the read speed of the drives
causing the problem to become apparent.


Robert Maiello
Pioneer Data Systems

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 11:16:33 -0500, Alain Richard
<alain.richard AT MRN.GOUV.QC DOT CA> wrote:

>Hi H,
>
>Always happend in « reading » on all drives in random. it doesn't look
>like it was loding/eject. the 4 drives are on SAN on 2 HBA (2drv/HBA).
>This is what I got from system log(/var/adm/messages) last sunday:
>
>Dec 12 11:32:33 rosalie scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning]
>WARNING: /pci@1f,4000/fibre-channel@4/st@2,4 (st93):
>Dec 12 11:32:33 rosalie         Error for Command: read
>Error Level: Fatal
>Dec 12 11:32:33 rosalie scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   Requested Block:
>11932                     Error Block: 11932
>Dec 12 11:32:33 rosalie scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   Vendor:
>QUANTUM                            Serial Number:  P    i
>Dec 12 11:32:33 rosalie scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   Sense Key:
>Hardware Error
>Dec 12 11:32:33 rosalie scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   ASC: 0x8 (<vendor
>unique code 0x8>), ASCQ: 0x2, FRU: 0x0
>Dec 12 11:32:33 rosalie root: [ID 702911 daemon.notice] NetWorker media:
>(warning) /dev/rmt/2cbn reading: I/O error
>Dec 12 11:32:35 rosalie root: [ID 702911 daemon.notice] NetWorker media:
>(info) can not read record 11932 of file 85 on sdlt320 tape RQ2177
>
>AND ALSO:
>Dec 12 14:16:09 rosalie scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning]
>WARNING: /pci@1f,4000/fibre-channel@4/st@2,5 (st101):
>Dec 12 14:16:09 rosalie         Error for Command: read
>Error Level: Fatal
>Dec 12 14:16:09 rosalie scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   Requested Block:
>13642                     Error Block: 13642
>Dec 12 14:16:09 rosalie scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   Vendor:
>QUANTUM                            Serial Number:  P    i
>Dec 12 14:16:09 rosalie scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   Sense Key:
>Hardware Error
>Dec 12 14:16:09 rosalie scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   ASC: 0x8 (LUN
>communication failure), ASCQ: 0x0, FRU: 0x0
>Dec 12 14:16:10 rosalie root: [ID 702911 daemon.notice] NetWorker media:
>(warning) /dev/rmt/3cbn reading: I/O error
>Dec 12 14:16:11 rosalie last message repeated 5 times
>Dec 12 14:16:12 rosalie root: [ID 702911 daemon.notice] NetWorker media:
>(info) can not read record 13642 of file 148 on sdlt320 tape RQ1073
>
>
>I dont think it's a bad cartrige, last week, It was with 3 differents
>cartridges and 3 drives disables.
>
>Alain Richard
>
>-----Message d'origine-----
>De : Hrvoje Crvelin [mailto:Hcrvelin AT Orchestra DOT de]
>Envoyé : 13 décembre 2004 10:36
>À : Legato NetWorker discussion; Richard, Alain (DSI)
>Objet : RE: [Networker] Drives disable when cloning
>
>Which drives get disabled?  Those used for reading or writing the clone?
>Do those drives same same controller?  Does the error comes during the
>clone operation or during the load and label verification?  Do you see
>anything in system logs (including switches)?
>
>Cheers,
>H
>
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