Hi,
I have a case with Storagetek L700e that has 6 SDLT tape drives connected over 3 SCSI to fiber routers (SN3250)to a switch.
The Legato lus_add_fp_devs script adds only 3 lus instances as it only sees the 3 routers and not 6 drives. So the inquire command sees only 3 tape devices.
The jbconfig command sees and configures all 6 SDLT drives, although the number of lus instances still stays the same.
The problem is that Networker is working properly with the tape drives that are not listed with inquire (the ones that don’t have lus instance),
but after finishing the backup on any of other 3 drives (the ones the inquire sees) the tape will not be ejected.
The eject operation fails, but if I issue the mt –f /dev/rmt/name_of_the_drive_loaded offline during the eject request, the tape is rewound and returned successfully to its origin slot. The backup finishes OK then.
Is there a reason that Networker would work properly with the drive (load, position, write,read) but not eject the tape.
And that is only happening on the B side of router ports. (swapping the drives did not work)
I tried manually editing the lus.conf file to enable inquire to see all 6 drives, but the results are more or less the same. Is it essential for Networker to have all 6 lus files? That is important to me so I can continue troubleshooting in the right direction.
This hole situation occurred with the upgrade of Networker from 6 to 7.1.1.
Thank you very much for any info!
Mario
I have a case with Storagetek L700e that has 6 SDLT tape drives connected over 3 SCSI to fiber routers (SN3250)to a switch.
The Legato lus_add_fp_devs script adds only 3 lus instances as it only sees the 3 routers and not 6 drives. So the inquire command sees only 3 tape devices.
The jbconfig command sees and configures all 6 SDLT drives, although the number of lus instances still stays the same.
The problem is that Networker is working properly with the tape drives that are not listed with inquire (the ones that don’t have lus instance),
but after finishing the backup on any of other 3 drives (the ones the inquire sees) the tape will not be ejected.
The eject operation fails, but if I issue the mt –f /dev/rmt/name_of_the_drive_loaded offline during the eject request, the tape is rewound and returned successfully to its origin slot. The backup finishes OK then.
Is there a reason that Networker would work properly with the drive (load, position, write,read) but not eject the tape.
And that is only happening on the B side of router ports. (swapping the drives did not work)
I tried manually editing the lus.conf file to enable inquire to see all 6 drives, but the results are more or less the same. Is it essential for Networker to have all 6 lus files? That is important to me so I can continue troubleshooting in the right direction.
This hole situation occurred with the upgrade of Networker from 6 to 7.1.1.
Thank you very much for any info!
Mario