solution was to do dia-R|more for DECevent (which I have installed)
or uerf.
We also do DLT backups which are still working (long story, don't ask
why we do both).
If anyone cares I pasted results at bottom. Guess it's time to call
up the support people. Thanks to respondants.
> I am getting an error when trying to use the 4mm tape drive that came
> with our Alpha 4000 (running DU4.0D). First of all it did not eject
> the tape from our backup last night even tho the backup procedure
> completed normally. The middle light on the tape unit is flashing
> and the tape was not completly rewound before I hit the eject button.
> I put in the cleaning tape and it did its thing for a couple of
> minutes and ejected fine. I tried another tape but as soon as I did
> the "mt -f /dev/nrmt0h online' command, it failed with the message
> "/dev/nrmt0h online 1 failed: I/O error". My question is how can I
> find out what it is really complaining about and is it Friday yet???
> It feels like it.
DECevent V2.7
******************************** ENTRY 1
********************************
Logging OS 2. Digital UNIX
System Architecture 2. Alpha
Event sequence number 1016.
Timestamp of occurrence 22-APR-1999 04:07:02
System type register x00000016 Alpha 4000/1200 Series
Number of CPUs (mpnum) x00000001
CPU logging event (mperr) x00000000
Event validity 1. O/S claims event is valid
Event severity 3. High Priority
Entry type 199. CAM SCSI Event Type
------- Unit Info -------
Bus Number 0.
Unit Number x0020 Target = 4.
LUN = 0.
------- CAM Data -------
Class x01 Tape
Subsystem x01 Tape
Number of Packets 9.
------ Packet Type ------ 258. Module Name String
Routine Name ctape_iodone
------ Packet Type ------ 260. Hardware Error String
Error Type Hard Error Detected
------ Packet Type ------ 257. Device Name String
Device Name DEC TLZ09 (C)DEC0173
------ Packet Type ------ 256. Generic String
Active CCB at time of error
------ Packet Type ------ 256. Generic String
CCB request completed with an
error
------ Packet Type ------ 1. SCSI I/O Request CCB(CCB_SCSIIO)
Packet Revision 76.
CCB Address xFFFFFC003FE50800
CCB Length x00C0
XPT Function Code x01 Execute requested SCSI I/O
CAM Status xC4 CCB Request Completed WITH Error
SIM Queue Frozen with this Error
Autosense Data Valid for Target
Path ID 0.
Target ID 4.
Target LUN 0.
CAM Flags x00000040 Data Direction (01: DATA IN)
*pdrv_ptr xFFFFFC003FE504A8 *next_ccb
x0000000000000000 *req_map xFFFFFC003FE10300 void
(*cam_cbfcnp)() xFFFFFC0000578590 *data_ptr
x0000000140030000 Data Transfer Length 10240. *sense_ptr
xFFFFFC003FE504D0 Auotsense Byte Length 64. CDB
Length 6. Scatter/Gather Entry Cnt 0.
SCSI Status x02 Check Condition Autosense Residue
Length x26 Transfer Residue Length x00002800 (CDB) Command &
Data Buf
15--<-12 11--<-08 07--<-04 03--<-00 :Byte Order
0000: 00000000 00000000 28000008 * ...(........*
Timeout Value x0000012D
*msg_ptr x0000000000000000
Message Length 0.
Vendor Unique Flags x0000
Tag Queue Actions x00
------ Packet Type ------ 256. Generic String
Error, exception, or abnormal
condition
------ Packet Type ------ 256. Generic String
HARDWARE ERROR - Nonrecoverable
hardware error
------ Packet Type ------ 768. SCSI Sense Data
Packet Revision 0.
Error Code xF0 Current Error
Information Bytes are Valid
Segment # x00 Information Byte 3
x00
Byte 2 x00
Byte 1 x28
Byte 0 x00
Sense Key x04 Hardware Error
Additional Sense Length x12
CMD Specific Info Byte 3 x00
Byte 2 x00
Byte 1 x00
Byte 0 x00
ASC & ASCQ x4400 ASC = x0044
ASCQ = x0000
Internal Target Failure
FRU Code x00
Sense Key Specific Byte 0 x00 Sense Key Data NOT Valid
Byte 1 x87
Byte 2 x00
Addition Sense Data Size Allocated by Driver
Count of valid bytes: 46.
15--<-12 11--<-08 07--<-04 03--<-00 :Byte Order
0000: 00000000 00000000 BAE81508 85050000 *................*
0010: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 *................*
0020: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 *................*
__________________________________________________________________
| Gary Munroe |
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Received on Mon Apr 26 1999 - 14:13:09 NZST