Hi all, I'm having some grief with a tape drive that starts backing up, but gets an error and terminates... In /var/log/messages I see:
Aug 29 22:15:00 osiris kernel: PCI: Enabling device 00:0f.0 (0006 -> 0007) Aug 29 22:15:00 osiris kernel: PCI: Enabling device 00:0f.1 (0006 -> 0007) Aug 29 22:15:00 osiris kernel: scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.4 Aug 29 22:15:00 osiris kernel: <Adaptec aic7899 Ultra160 SCSI adapter> Aug 29 22:15:00 osiris kernel: aic7899: Ultra160 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs Aug 29 22:15:00 osiris kernel: Aug 29 22:15:00 osiris kernel: scsi1 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.4 Aug 29 22:15:00 osiris kernel: <Adaptec aic7899 Ultra160 SCSI adapter> Aug 29 22:15:00 osiris kernel: aic7899: Ultra160 Wide Channel B, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs Aug 29 22:15:00 osiris kernel: Aug 29 22:15:15 osiris kernel: Vendor: SONY Model: SDT-10000 Rev: 0110 Aug 29 22:15:15 osiris kernel: Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Aug 29 22:15:15 osiris kernel: (scsi0:A:2): 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 15, 16bit) Aug 29 22:15:22 osiris kernel: st: Version 20020205, bufsize 32768, wrt 30720, max init. bufs 4, s/g segs 16 Aug 29 22:15:22 osiris kernel: Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0 Aug 29 22:15:22 osiris kernel: st0: Block limits 1 - 16777215 bytes. Aug 30 01:46:03 osiris kernel: st0: Error on write filemark. Aug 30 02:00:00 osiris kernel: scsi : 0 hosts left. Aug 30 02:00:00 osiris kernel: st: Unloaded. And in the backup report: These dumps were to tape eng-au002. *** A TAPE ERROR OCCURRED: [[writing filemark: Input/output error]]. Some dumps may have been left in the holding disk. Run amflush to flush them to tape. The next tape Amanda expects to use is: eng-au003. FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: osiris /dev/hda3 lev 0 FAILED [out of tape] STATISTICS: Total Full Daily -------- -------- -------- Estimate Time (hrs:min) 0:02 Run Time (hrs:min) 0:14 Dump Time (hrs:min) 0:11 0:00 0:11 Output Size (meg) 298.6 4.7 294.0 Original Size (meg) 889.0 19.5 869.5 Avg Compressed Size (%) 33.6 23.9 33.8 (level:#disks ...) Filesystems Dumped 3 1 2 (1:2) Avg Dump Rate (k/s) 447.8 650.0 445.7 Tape Time (hrs:min) 0:00 0:00 0:00 Tape Size (meg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Tape Used (%) 0.0 0.0 0.0 Filesystems Taped 0 0 0 Avg Tp Write Rate (k/s) -- -- -- NOTES: planner: Full dump of osiris:/dev/hda3 promoted from 2 days ahead. planner: Full dump of osiris:/dev/hda1 promoted from 2 days ahead. taper: tape eng-au002 kb 0 fm 0 writing filemark: Input/output error driver: going into degraded mode because of tape error. DUMP SUMMARY: DUMPER STATS TAPER STATS HOSTNAME DISK L ORIG-KB OUT-KB COMP% MMM:SS KB/s MMM:SS KB/s -------------------------- --------------------------------- ------------ osiris /dev/hda1 1 899 352 39.2 0:13 26.3 N/A N/A osiris /dev/hda3 0 19943 4768 23.9 0:07 650.0 N/A N/A osiris /dev/hdb1 1 889470 300672 33.8 11:02 454.1 N/A N/A (brought to you by Amanda version 2.4.2p2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ The /dev/hdb1 file is in the holding disk, but if I try and flush it, it'll fail again. in /var/log/amanda/amdump.1 (snipped): driver: result time 140.611 from dumper0: DONE 00-00001 19943 4768 7 [sec 7.335 kb 4768 kps 650.0 orig-kb 19943] driver: finished-cmd time 140.647 dumper0 dumped osiris:/dev/hda3 driver: send-cmd time 140.647 to taper: FILE-WRITE 00-00002 /backup/20020902/osiris._dev_hda3.0 osiris /dev/hda3 0 20020902 driver: state time 140.647 free kps: 3400 space: 27266580 taper: writing idle-dumpers: 4 qlen tapeq: 0 runq: 2 roomq: 0 wakeup: 7 driver-idle: start-wait driver: interface-state time 140.647 if : free 2000 if LE0: free 400 if LOCAL: free 1000 driver: hdisk-state time 140.647 hdisk 0: free 27266580 dumpers 0 taper: writing end marker. [eng-au002 ERR kb 0 fm 0] driver: result time 140.654 from taper: TAPE-ERROR 00-00002 [writing filemark: Input/output error] driver: finished-cmd time 140.654 taper wrote osiris:/dev/hda3 dump of driver schedule before start degraded mode: -------- osiris /dev/hda1 lv 0 t 180 s 295648 p 0 osiris /dev/hdb1 lv 1 t 638 s 310080 p 2 -------- dump of driver schedule after start degraded mode: -------- osiris /dev/hdb1 lv 1 t 638 s 310080 p 2 osiris /dev/hda1 lv 1 t 8 s 342 p 0 -------- driver: state time 140.654 free kps: 3400 space: 27266580 taper: DOWN idle-dumpers: 4 qlen tapeq: 0 runq: 2 roomq: 0 wakeup: 7 driver-idle: start-wait -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Chris Herrmann Far Edge Technology p. 02 99553640 f. 02 99547994 m. 0403 393309 http://www.faredge.com.au