tz885 problems

From: Alex Harkema <HarkemaA_at_vertis.nl>
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 12:33:48 +0200

Hi all,

This may be an easy one, but I cannot remember I saw this before; nor could
I find any solution in the archives.

On a Tru64 4.0d box I suddenly no longer can access the tape device. It is a
tz885 library, and using the device /dev/nrmt1h always went okay.
Trying to load a tape or put it online doesn't work anymore: I/O errors:

trying to rewind: Error on device named /dev/rmt1h - Place TZ885 tape drive
unit #3 ONLINE

mt status gives:
DEVGETINFO ELEMENT CONTENTS
------------------ --------
media_status 0x1
                        BOM
unit_status 0x1aa
                        Offline Loader 2_FM_Close Rewind Compacting Buffered

record_size 0
density (current) 81630 BPI
density (on write) 0 BPI
Filemark Cnt <Not Valid>
Record Cnt <Not Valid>
Class 0 - <unspecified>

MTIOCGET ELEMENT CONTENTS
---------------- --------
mt_type MT_ISSCSI
mt_dsreg 0x5
                        DEV_BOM DEV_OFFLINE
mt_erreg 0x2 Unit is not ready.
mt_resid 0
mt_fileno 0
mt_blkno 0
DEV_EEI_STATUS
        version 0x2
        status 0x3200 Device inoperable (needs initialize)
        flags 0x1000007
                        CAM_STATUS SCSI_STATUS SCSI_SENSE CAM_DATA
        cam_status 0x4 CCB request completed with an err
        scsi_status 0x2 SCSI_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION
        scsi_sense_data (hex)
                        70 0 2 0 0 0 0 b
                         0 0 0 0 3a 0 0 0
                         0 0 82 0 0 0 0 0
                         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
                         0 0 0 0
        ASC/ASQ = 3a/0 Medium not present

Especially this one concerns me: status 0x3200 Device inoperable (needs
initialize)
What does it mean? What should I do...

Thanks in advance!
Alex Harkema
Received on Wed May 02 2001 - 10:35:13 NZST

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