On Tuesday, April 19, 2016 09:57:32 AM Chris Nighswonger wrote: > I attempted Alan's suggestion and dd'd to the tape. /dev/md0 is > 130G and > dd borked almost immediately: > > root@scriptor:/home/manager dd if=/dev/md0 of=/dev/st0 > dd: writing to ‘/dev/st0’: Input/output error > 3+0 records in > 2+0 records out > 1024 bytes (1.0 kB) copied, 15.2882 s, 0.1 kB/s > > Funny thing is that the Superloader passes all of its internal diagnostics > as far as I can tell. > > Suggestions on how to verify which piece of hardware is causing the problem > would be greatly appreciated. >
That's kind of tough unless you have either a separate tape drive, or a separate server/SAS controller/cable combination to test. It seems to be talking OK to the loader, though, so odds are it's the drive. Quantum's pretty good about taking RMA's on the Superloaders without too much fuss, as long as you have a maintenance contract in place.
