tape drive not working

[hraa]

I have external tape drive,it's available in system
lsdev -Cc tape
rmt1 Available 03-08-01-6,0 LVD SCSI DLT Tape Drive
I try to take /home backup
tar -cvf /dev/rmt1 /home

I saw the error
tar: 0511-195 An error occurred while writing to the storage media.
:There is n input or output error.

 

[psi07004]

This is most likely caused by a tape error or wrong configuration for the drive itself. You don't indicate if you just added this device or have had it and it was working in the past. I would try looking at errpt -a -j ### to get a better description of the problem. If you just added the device go to "smit tape" and check to make sure the characteristics are correct for this type of device. If this is not new, then I would use a cleaning tape and then a new or different tape for the backup.

 

[MoreFeo]

Is this server an LPAR or a stand-alone server?
if it's an LPAR make sure it has the tape assigned, and hasn't been moved with DLPAR.