Hi Michael.
Firstly, I'm glad you solved the problem and shared it with the list.
I'm also having problems with the SCSI tape I'm trying to use, so maybe I'll
profit from your experience as well. Have you succeeded in pinpointing the
relvant change ?
Michgael
On Nov 8, 2007 1:50 PM, Michael Galloway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> progress with this issue. i submitted a bug report to adaptec and they
> finally provided some suggestions to help resolve this. here is what
> they recommeded:
>
> Go to "Configure/View Host Adapter Settings".
>
> If the SCSI Controller does not have the system boot device attached,
> disable the BIOS. On SCSI Controllers with 2 channels, the BIOS of the
> channel that does not have the boot device, can be disabled.
>
> To do this, go to "Advanced Configuration" and set "SCSI Controller Int
> 13 Support" to "Disabled". If you boot from a SCSI device attached with
> the SCSI controller, leave the SCSI Controller Int 13 Support" at
> "Enabled".
>
> Under "Advanced Configuration" set "Domain Validation" to "Disabled".
>
> Press Esc to exit.
>
> Go to "SCSI Device Configuration".
>
> For the SCSI ID of the tape drive or tape library, set "Initiate Wide
> Negotiation" to "No". This will automatically change the "Sync Transfer
> Rate" to 40MB/s, "Packetized" to "No", "QAS" to "No", and "BIOS
> Multiple LUN Support" to "No". BIOS Multiple LUN Support can be changed
> back to "Yes" if needed.
>
> For the SCSI ID of the tape drive or tape library, set "Enable
> Disconnection" to "No".
>
> For the SCSI ID of the tape drive or tape library, set "Send Start Unit
> Command" to "No".
>
> Press Esc twice to exit, save the changes.
>
> Press Esc again, exit the utility and reboot the system.
>
> with these changes implemented, the btape test passes (with a couple of
> modifications to bacula-sd.conf) and the autochanger test passes.
>
> of of curiosity, what are others with LTO-4 using for scsi adapaters?
>
> -- michael
>
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 09:43:09PM -0400, Michael Galloway wrote:
> > seem to be having some scsi problems with btape test. this test is with
> > a spectra T50/LTO-4 attached via an LSI LSIU320 controller. i ran 100GB
> > of data onto the drive with tar with no issue. but when i run this:
> >
> > ./btape -c bacula-sd.conf /dev/nst0
> >
> > test
> >
> > i get:
> >
> > *test
> >
> > === Write, rewind, and re-read test ===
> >
> > I'm going to write 1000 records and an EOF
> > then write 1000 records and an EOF, then rewind,
> > and re-read the data to verify that it is correct.
> >
> > This is an *essential* feature ...
> >
> > btape: btape.c:827 Wrote 1000 blocks of 64412 bytes.
> > btape: btape.c:501 Wrote 1 EOF to "LTO4" (/dev/nst0)
> > btape: btape.c:843 Wrote 1000 blocks of 64412 bytes.
> > btape: btape.c:501 Wrote 1 EOF to "LTO4" (/dev/nst0)
> > btape: btape.c:852 Rewind OK.
> > 1000 blocks re-read correctly.
> > 29-Oct 21:27 btape JobId 0: Error: block.c:995 Read error on fd=3 at
> file:blk 0:1000 on device "LTO4" (/dev/nst0). ERR=No such device or address.
> > btape: btape.c:864 Read block 1001 failed! ERR=No such device or address
> >
> > and i the kernel ring buffer log:
> >
> > st0: Block limits 1 - 16777215 bytes.
> > mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x11010f00): F/W: bug! MID not found
> > mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x11010f00): F/W: bug! MID not found
> > mptbase: ioc0: IOCStatus(0x004b): SCSI IOC Terminated
> > st0: Error 80000 (sugg. bt 0x0, driver bt 0x0, host bt 0x8).
> > mptscsih: ioc0: attempting task abort! (sc=ffff81011bf35240)
> > st 5:0:15:0:
> > command: Read(6): 08 00 00 fc 00 00
> > mptbase: Initiating ioc0 recovery
> > mptscsih: ioc0: task abort: SUCCESS (sc=ffff81011bf35240)
> > mptbase: ioc0: IOCStatus(0x0043): SCSI Device Not There
> > mptscsih: ioc0: attempting target reset! (sc=ffff81011bf35240)
> > st 5:0:15:0:
> > command: Read(6): 08 00 00 fc 00 00
> > mptscsih: ioc0: target reset: SUCCESS (sc=ffff81011bf35240)
> > mptbase: ioc0: IOCStatus(0x0043): SCSI Device Not There
> > mptscsih: ioc0: attempting bus reset! (sc=ffff81011bf35240)
> > st 5:0:15:0:
> > command: Read(6): 08 00 00 fc 00 00
> > mptscsih: ioc0: bus reset: SUCCESS (sc=ffff81011bf35240)
> > mptbase: ioc0: IOCStatus(0x0047): SCSI Protocol Error
> > mptscsih: ioc0: Attempting host reset! (sc=ffff81011bf35240)
> > mptbase: Initiating ioc0 recovery
> > mptbase: ioc0: IOCStatus(0x0047): SCSI Protocol Error
> > st 5:0:15:0: scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
> > st0: Error 80000 (sugg. bt 0x0, driver bt 0x0, host bt 0x8).
> > target5:0:15: Beginning Domain Validation
> > target5:0:15: Domain Validation skipping write tests
> > target5:0:15: Ending Domain Validation
> > target5:0:15: FAST-80 WIDE SCSI 160.0 MB/s DT (12.5 ns, offset 126)
> > target5:0:15: Beginning Domain Validation
> > target5:0:15: Domain Validation skipping write tests
> > target5:0:15: Ending Domain Validation
> > target5:0:15: FAST-80 WIDE SCSI 160.0 MB/s DT (12.5 ns, offset 126)
> > target5:0:15: Beginning Domain Validation
> > target5:0:15: Domain Validation skipping write tests
> > target5:0:15: Ending Domain Validation
> > target5:0:15: FAST-80 WIDE SCSI 160.0 MB/s DT (12.5 ns, offset 126)
> > target5:0:15: Beginning Domain Validation
> > target5:0:15: Domain Validation skipping write tests
> > target5:0:15: Ending Domain Validation
> > target5:0:15: FAST-80 WIDE SCSI 160.0 MB/s DT (12.5 ns, offset 126)
> >
> > i've reseated my cables and terminator. reseated the scsi card. any idea
> > where the problem is? this is centOS 5, kernel is:
> >
> > 2.6.18-8.1.14.el5 #1 SMP Thu Sep 27 19:05:32 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
> >
> > -- michael
> >
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