[Veritas-bu] initialize_element_status failed (202 error?)

Nope, nothing like that... It almost seems that the library doesn't respond
correctly to the commands NetBackup sends it or something...

Dan

On 8/22/02 11:47 AM, "David A. Chapa" <david AT datastaff DOT com> wrote:

> Are all of the slots in your VLS filled with tapes?
> 
> I know with one of the old ATL libraries, if you manually removed a tape and
> didn't "press" it in first to have it spring eject, it thought  a tape still
> lived in the slot and subsequently failed with a similar error.
> 
> David
> 
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> 
> Hello all:
> 
> I have NetBackup 3.4.1GA installed on a Sun Ultra 2 running Solaris 8. This
> system has worked for some time with an ATL L200 DLT4000 library attached.
> 
> Running low on capacity, I recently connected an ADIC VLS DLT2000 library.
> The library is properly connected and addressed by the system as far as I
> can see (probe-scsi shows it where it's supposed to be, not conflicting,
> etc). The library will set up in NetBackup just fine, but if I try to
> inventory it we get the following:
> 
> robot inventory failed: Unable to sense robotic device (202)
> 
> Furthermore, on boot, when the Media Manager daemons start, I get:
> 
> TLD(1) key = 0x5, asc = 0x24, ascq = 0x0, INVALID FIELD IN CDB
> TLD(1) transport read_element_status error, CHECK CONDITION
> TLD(1) unavailable: initialization failed: Unable to sense robotic device
> 
> In an attempt to troubleshoot this I played around with robtest...
> Everything in robtest works (rezero, move media around, etc), except "init"
> -- if I use the "init" command, I get:
> 
> Initiating INITIALIZE_ELEMENT_STATUS
> Initialize_element_status failed, CHECK CONDITION
> Sense key = 0x5, asc = 0x24, ascq = 0x0, INVALID FIELD IN CDB
> 
> (noticing a pattern here, are we? :-) )
> 
> I've looked at this to the extent of my ability, and wondering if anyone
> else has a suggestion that might get this library up and going.
> Thanks!
> 
> Dan
> 
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