Is this a random error?

We just opened a call with Support on this same issue.

It only occurs after a weekend of fulls, different drives
each weekend, and only a manual reset of the drives will
unload the tapes.  mt and robtest do not see a tape loaded.
AIT tape drives (started with AIT-1 and we recently upgraded to AIT-2).
Error code on the drives is "Flashing Code 1" (Waiting for eject)
Was also happening before we upgraded to 3.4...




Patrick Boyle   
ESRI Systems Administration
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E-mail:         PBoyle AT esri DOT com


-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-admin AT eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT eng.auburn DOT edu]On Behalf Of TWGIBBAR AT up DOT 
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Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 5:51 AM
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Subject: [Veritas-bu] Tapes not unmounting after completion of backups


I have a situation where tapes are not un-mounting following a failure or
completion of a backup.  Another backup will kick-off requesting the tape
that is still mounted and eventually time-out and fail.  I have two
questions; 1) Is there a configuration parameter that can be set to force a
backup to look for another tape if it can't find the one it's looking for?
2) How can one remotely force the tapes to un-mount and be returned to
their proper slot?  I have unsuccessfully attempted this feat with robtest.

Thanks,
Terry

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