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Old 05-01-2008, 01:04 PM   #1
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IBM TS3200 Tape Library - SCSI Bus Reset on Restores


Hello --

I have an IBM TS3200 tape library connected to my SUSE box which I'm trying to backup a samba share directory (txt, doc, xls documents).

I can successfully mount a tape and write to the tape using the tar -b 512 -xvf /dev/st1 <path> command however, when I try to restore from that same reround tape, I get a SCSI Bus dump in my /var/log/messages file that looks like the following. This happens when I list the contents of the tape also.

Any ideas what I might start looking at to troubleshoot this?

Here is my restore command:

tar -b 512 -xvf /dev/st1 "<path to file>"

nel: ipr 0000:c0:01.0: FFFB: SCSI bus was reset
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr 0000:c0:01.0: FFFB: SCSI bus was reset
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000000: 06290000 0000FFFF FFFFFFFF 10253380
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000010: 00000000 08400000 00000003 83000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000020: 80000000 80000000 0B0504B5 40280000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000030: 4000040E 00000000 04004000 00CCDDDD
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000040: AABBCCCC 00000008 019F0000 00260518
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000050: 00000000 0D39CFF0 00000000 49000010
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000060: 24300800 00000000 00000000 6FC9E715
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000070: 58000000 00000300 00000000 6FC9E715
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000080: FF000001 00000080 08400000 6FC9E715
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000090: 5B160300 00A73234 00000012 6FC5571B
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000000A0: 63160300 00A73234 00000023 6FC5571A
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000000B0: FF000010 60085000 00000004 6FC5571A
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000000C0: 67160300 00A73234 000001A0 6FC5571A
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000000D0: FF000003 00000004 08400000 6FC5571A
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000000E0: 5B160300 00A73234 00000010 6FC0C722
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000000F0: 62160300 00A73234 00060000 6FC0C721
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000100: FF000003 D0001106 08400000 6FC0C721
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000110: 5B160300 00A73234 00000002 6F93005F
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000120: 53000300 00986640 C0000000 6F91B451
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000130: 6A000200 00A73234 00000030 6F91B44F
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000140: FF000002 60081000 00000003 6F91B44F
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000150: 670E0200 00A73234 00000194 6F91B44E
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000160: FF000002 04050000 00A73234 6F91B44E
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000170: 590E0200 00008000 D0001010 6F91B04F
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000180: 53000200 00986640 C0000000 6F906440
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000190: 6A000100 00A73234 00000030 6F90643E
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000001A0: FF000002 60081000 00000003 6F90643E
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000001B0: 67750100 00A73234 0000018A 6F90643E
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000001C0: FF000002 04050000 00A73234 6F90643E
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000001D0: 59750100 00008000 D0001010 6F90603E
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000001E0: 53000100 00986640 C0000000 6F8F142D
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000001F0: 6A000000 00A73234 00000030 6F8F142B
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000200: FF000002 60081000 00000003 6F8F142B
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000210: 670C0000 00A73234 00000192 6F8F142A
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000220: FF000002 04050000 00A73234 6F8F142A
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000230: 590C0000 00008000 D0001010 6F8F102A
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000240: 53000000 00986640 C0000000 6F73965F
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000250: 6A000F00 00A73234 00000030 6F73965D
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000260: FF000002 60081000 00000003 6F73965D
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000270: 67040F00 00A73234 0000016D 6F73965C
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000280: FF000002 04050000 00A73234 6F73965C
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000290: 59040F00 00008000 D0001010 6F73925D
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000002A0: 53000F00 00986640 C0000000 6F72464E
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000002B0: 6A000E00 00A73234 00000030 6F72464C
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000002C0: FF000002 60081000 00000003 6F72464C
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000002D0: 67030E00 00A73234 00000173 6F72464C
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000002E0: FF000002 04050000 00A73234 6F72464C
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000002F0: 59030E00 00008000 D0001010 6F72424C
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000300: 53000E00 00986640 C0000000 6F70F63E
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000310: 6A000D00 00A73234 00000030 6F70F63C
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000320: FF000002 60081000 00000003 6F70F63C
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000330: 677F0D00 00A73234 00000170 6F70F63B
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000340: FF000002 04050000 00A73234 6F70F63B
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000350: 597F0D00 00008000 D0001010 6F70F23C
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000360: 53000D00 00986640 C0000000 6F6FA62E
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000370: 6A000C00 00A73234 00000030 6F6FA62C
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000380: FF000002 60081000 00000003 6F6FA62C
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000390: 677E0C00 00A73234 0000016E 6F6FA62B
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000003A0: FF000002 04050000 00A73234 6F6FA62B
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000003B0: 597E0C00 00008000 D0001010 6F6FA22C
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000003C0: 53000C00 00986640 C0000000 6F6E561D
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000003D0: 6A000B00 00A73234 00000030 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000003E0: 00000000 00000000 002A0000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 1:0:3:0: 3100: Device bus error
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000000: 04080000 00000300 FFFFFFFF 1043E0C0
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000010: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000020: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000030: 00000000 00000000 00005629 00000300
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000040: 00000001 00000000 0000E0C0 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000050: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000060: A0FFFFFF FFFFFFFF D0001106 0307A000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000070: 00000000 00000210 00000000 30280000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000080: 60002C0E 00000000 00000000 00CCDDDD
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000090: AABBCCCC 00000210 49000210 0049D000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000000A0: 83000000 80000000 80000000 08400000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000000B0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 8C00000E
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000000C0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000000D0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000000E0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000000F0: 00000000 00000000 000001A0 00A08A00
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000100: 00000210 FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFF 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000110: 00000000 54524345 6FCA3E1F 00000300
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000120: D0001106 5629FF03 6FCA3E1D 00A73234
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000130: E0000080 A0000003 6E2039B9 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000140: D0001106 5621FF03 6E2039B7 00A73234
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000150: E0000080 A0000003 60DC3690 00000500
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000160: D0001106 55D8FF03 60DC368E 00A73234
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000170: E0000080 A0000003 5D38865B 00000100
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000180: D0001106 55C5FF03 5D388659 00A73234
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000190: E0000080 A0000003 0045FE1E 00A08A00
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000001A0: 00000001 00010002 0045FE18 5053FFFF
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000001B0: 00000001 00000005 0045FD3E 00A08730
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000001C0: 00FFFFFF 0000FF02 0045FD3D 5053AAAA
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000001D0: 00000001 00000004 003C01E0 00A72D64
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000001E0: 00000401 00020007 003C015C 00A72AA4
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000001F0: 00000400 00010007 003C0157 00A08780
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000200: 00000400 0000FF0B 003C00BA 00A08780
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000210: 00000400 0000000B 003A6124 00A08730
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000220: 00000000 00010002 003A611B 5053AAAA
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000230: 00000000 00000005 003A5D9B 00A11B60
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000240: 00A11E30 02C3FF01 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000250: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000260: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000270: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000280: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000290: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000002A0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000002B0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000002C0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000002D0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000002E0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000002F0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000300: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000310: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000320: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000330: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000340: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000350: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000360: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000370: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000380: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 00000390: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000003A0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000003B0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000003C0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000003D0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: ipr: 000003E0: 00000000 00000000 002B0000 00000000
May 1 10:38:17 fcistp kernel: st1: Error 70000 (sugg. bt 0x0, driver bt 0x0, host bt 0x7).
May 1 10:38:24 fcistp kernel: st1: Error with sense data: Current st1: sense key Unit Attention
May 1 10:38:24 fcistp kernel: Additional sense: Power on, reset, or bus device reset occurred
May 1 10:40:01 fcistp /USR/SBIN/CRON[21075]: (root) CMD (/usr/sbin/ntpdate -s stpad.fidcouns.local)
May 1 10:40:02 fcistp ntpdate[21075]: adjust time server 192.168.10.23 offset 0.490119 sec
 
Old 05-02-2008, 08:01 AM   #2
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Hello --

I can successfully mount a tape and write to the tape using the tar -b 512 -xvf /dev/st1 <path> command however
Before going any further that command will not write to a tape, this will do it

tar -b 512 -cvf /dev/st1 <path>

I wondering if the block size is correct?.
To read these tapes, you must set the blocksize of the tape driver to match the blocksize used when the tape was written, or to variable if the drive supports it (# mt -f /dev/st1 setblk 0)

So before create an archive

To determine the block size:

#mt -f /dev/st1 status

If you want to change it:

#mt /dev/st1 setblk 2048 for example

Remember -b is the blocking factor. For example tar default is a blocking factor of 20 (-b 20) so with a default block size of 512 the record size is 10240 (512 x 20). If you use a factor or 2048 the record size is about 1 megabyte, so when you read the record number you know the number of MB used (mt -f /dev/nt1 tell)

Ciao

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