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My LTO2 Tape can't write pass ~46G, it'll goto Status FULL
One of my LTO2 "drsbbackup.102" Tape can't write pass ~45G, it'll goto Status FULL
last week it went FULL ~34G, I re-label the same tape, this week 45G.
Unmount, change status to "Appendable", doesn't help, using Networker 7.3.1.Built.208
dpinink_silva
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March 30th, 2010 13:00
Check for writing errors in the daemon.log file for that tape, if it happens everytime then you probably have a bad tape and should replace it.
cameron11
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March 30th, 2010 15:00
It is also a good idea to check the OS system log and match the time stamp to the time when the error occurred in the NetWorker daemon.log.
Usually there are additional details in the OS log that help to pinpoint the issue.
Solaris /var/adm/messages
HP-UX /var//adm/syslog/syslog.log
Linux /var/log/messages
AIX errpt and errpt -a
Windows SYSTEM event log
etc...
Sirkingdom
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March 30th, 2010 17:00
The Server Event message: NetWorker media: (warning) \\.\Tape0 moving: fsf 3: drive status is The end of data was reached
The Networker daemon.log:
03/30/10 00:30:07 nsrd: savegroup info: starting Default (with 7 client(s))
03/30/10 00:30:35 nsrd: media waiting event: Waiting for 1 writable volumes to backup pool 'Default' tape(s) or disk(s) on drsbbackup
03/30/10 00:30:37 nsrmmd #3: Start nsrmmd #3, with PID 2428, at HOST drsbbackup
03/30/10 00:30:45 nsrd: media event cleared: Waiting for 1 writable volumes to backup pool 'Default' tape(s) or disk(s) on drsbbackup
03/30/10 00:30:45 nsrd: media waiting event: Waiting for 2 writable volumes to backup pool 'Default' tape(s) or disk(s) on drsbbackup
03/30/10 00:30:56 nsrd: savegroup info: fundtech-o4kgd4:D:\: No full backups of this save set were found in the media database; performing a full backup
03/30/10 00:31:38 nsrd: media warning: \\.\Tape0 moving: fsf 3: drive status is The end of data was reached
03/30/10 00:34:32 nsrd: media warning: \\.\Tape0 moving: fsf 32: drive status is The end of data was reached
03/30/10 00:37:27 nsrd: media warning: \\.\Tape0 moving: fsf 32: drive status is The end of data was reached
03/30/10 00:37:27 nsrd: media info: fsf 32: drive status is The end of data was reached
03/30/10 00:37:27 nsrd: write completion notice: Writing to volume drsbbackup.102 complete
03/30/10 00:37:27 nsrd: media info: Suggest manually labeling a new writable volume for pool 'Default'
03/30/10 00:37:29 nsrmmd #4: Start nsrmmd #4, with PID 2772, at HOST drsbbackup
Nothing I can see from either the event or damon logs, most like, I got a bunch of old & unreliable LTO2 tapes.
I wish I can re-format'em, not just re-label, and see whether that'll breath some new life(albeit less reliable) in these old tapes.
Sirkingdom
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April 7th, 2010 12:00
Replaced tapes w/ another 2 tapes(used), label these 2 tapes using the same seq number .102 & .103 in the pool
Didn't help, .102 claim it's Full after 69G, .103 Full after only 18G (similiar capacity to the 2 that was replaced)
Just re-label anohter used tape (known to have 246G) on it, w/ seq .104, see what'll happen.
PeterBen
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April 8th, 2010 06:00
poor media or device needs cleaning