Hello,

We had The Same Problem, 2 years ago and The Problem was coming from
The SCSI Card ( Adaptec )
We had To Change Some Parameters on The Card ITSELF

Regards,
N

On 7/21/05, Bolay, Vincent <vincent.bolay AT medtronic DOT com> wrote:
> I noticed that I was a little behind with my patch 113277-24. I'm downloading 
> the latest patch 113277-35 and will install it on Saturday.
> I will keep this mailing list informed if I notice an improvement on the long 
> term.
> 
> Thanks
> Vincent
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Legato NetWorker discussion
> [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]On Behalf Of Moore, Joe
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 4:40 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] Tapes marked full after a few gigs
> 
> 
> We had a similar problem with our SDLT600 drives (but they were
> SAN-attached).
> 
> There's a Sun patch that might help: 113277.  From the release notes:
> (from 113277-27)
> 
> 5103484 HP LTO-3 (Ultrium 3) Support Required Natively in st tape target
> driver
> 6183286 SDLTx20 I/O timeout value inadequate
> 
> --Joe
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Legato NetWorker discussion
> > [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On Behalf Of Browning, David
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 10:30 AM
> > To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> > Subject: Re: [Networker] Tapes marked full after a few gigs
> >
> > We had a similar problem about a year ago, and it turns out
> > that there was a
> > problem with the firmware on our tape library.  It was
> > allowing the tape
> > drive to reset itself in the middle of writing.   It took
> > several dumps of
> > the tape library to find it.
> >
> > Not sure if your problem is the same, just something to look at.
> >
> > David M. Browning Jr.
> > LSUHSC Enterprise Network Operations/Help Desk
> > (504) 568-4364 - Direct
> > (504) 914-7550 - Cell
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Legato NetWorker discussion
> > [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
> > Behalf Of Bolay, Vincent
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 4:37 AM
> > To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> > Subject: [Networker] Tapes marked full after a few gigs
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > This is my config:
> >
> > SunOS lau-backup2-b 5.9 Generic_117171-05 sun4u sparc
> > SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R
> > Patch: 113277-24 SunOS 5.9: st, sd and ssd Patch
> > Sun StorEdge(TM) Enterprise Backup 7.2.Build.172 Network Edition/35
> > Storagetek Library L80 with Quantum SDLT320 drives firmware
> > rev 80, SCSI LVD
> >
> > I often get the following messages:
> >
> > /nsr/logs/daemon.log:
> >
> > 07/20/05 01:32:41 nsrd: media notice: sdlt320 tape DEX066 on
> > /dev/rmt/0ubn
> > is full
> > 07/20/05 01:32:41 nsrd: media notice: sdlt320 tape DEX066
> > used 28 GB of 160
> > GB capacity
> > 07/20/05 01:32:59 nsrd: media notice: Volume "DEX066" on device
> > "/dev/rmt/0ubn": Block size is 32768 bytes not 131072 bytes.
> > Verify the
> > device configuration. Tape positioning by record is disabled.
> >
> > /var/adm/messages:
> >
> > Jul 20 01:32:41 lau-backup2-b scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
> > /pci@8,700000/pci@1/scsi@2/st@1,0 (st50):
> > Jul 20 01:32:41 lau-backup2-b   Error for Command: write
> > Error Level: Fatal
> > Jul 20 01:32:41 lau-backup2-b scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]
> >   Requested
> > Block: 9579                      Error Block: 9579
> > Jul 20 01:32:41 lau-backup2-b scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]
> >   Vendor:
> > QUANTUM                           Serial Number:  P    i
> > Jul 20 01:32:41 lau-backup2-b scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]
> >   Sense Key:
> > Media Error
> > Jul 20 01:32:41 lau-backup2-b scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]
> >   ASC: 0xc
> > (write error), ASCQ: 0x0, FRU: 0x0
> >
> > It can happen on any drive and with new or used tapes. The
> > tapes are labeled
> > always the same way.
> > I know that this is a known issue, but nobody (Sun,
> > Sunmamagers, Google) has
> > been able to provide a solution yet.
> 
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