03-29-2005
Tape Drive error
I have a hp d 350 running on 10.2,im having a problem with the dds2 tape drive whenever i tried backing up larger files...i have remove the tape driver and add it using sam again but still the tape drive is not working .....is there a solution to this problem?
# tar cvf /dev/rmt/0m priso.ds
a priso.ds 42 blocks
# tar -tvf /dev/rmt/0m
Tar: tape read error
# tar -cvf /dev/rmt/0m pfsrm.db
a pfsrm.db 401504 blocks
Tar: end of tape
Tar: to continue, enter device/file name when ready or null string to
quit.
Tar: couldn't open À
Tar: to continue, enter device/file name when ready or null string to
quit.
User entered a null name for next device file.
# tar cvf /dev/rmt/0m pfspt.db
a pfspt.db 686464 blocks
Tar: end of tape
Tar: to continue, enter device/file name when ready or null string to
quit.
User entered a null name for next device file.
#
i have another server running the same tape drive and below is are the drivers?is there something wrong with the drivers?
ON OUR HP SERVER(9000/G50):
# ioscan -fnC tape
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
==============================================================
tape 0 52.0.0 tape2 CLAIMED DEVICE HP C1533A
/dev/diag/rmt/c0t0d0 /dev/rmt/c0t0d0BEST
/dev/rmt/0m /dev/rmt/c0t0d0BESTb
/dev/rmt/0mb /dev/rmt/c0t0d0BESTn
/dev/rmt/0mn /dev/rmt/c0t0d0BESTnb
/dev/rmt/0mnb
#
ON LEASED HP SERVER(D350):
# ioscan -fnC tape
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
=====================================================================
tape 0 8/16/5.0.0 stape CLAIMED DEVICE HP C1533A
/dev/rmt/0m /dev/rmt/c2t0d0BESTn
/dev/rmt/0mb /dev/rmt/c2t0d0BESTnb
/dev/rmt/0mn /dev/rmt/c2t0d0DDS
/dev/rmt/0mnb /dev/rmt/c2t0d0DDSb
/dev/rmt/c2t0d0BEST /dev/rmt/c2t0d0DDSn
/dev/rmt/c2t0d0BESTb /dev/rmt/c2t0d0DDSnb
#
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
tcopy
tcopy(1) User Commands tcopy(1)
NAME
tcopy - copy a magnetic tape
SYNOPSIS
tcopy source [destination]
DESCRIPTION
The tcopy utility copies the magnetic tape mounted on the tape drive specified by the source argument. The only assumption made about the
contents of a tape is that there are two tape marks at the end.
When only a source drive is specified, tcopy scans the tape, and displays information about the sizes of records and tape files. If a des-
tination is specified, tcopy makes a copies the source tape onto the destination tape, with blocking preserved. As it copies, tcopy pro-
duces the same output as it does when only scanning a tape.
The tcopy utility requires the use of Berkeley-compatible device names. For example,
example% tcopy /dev/rmt/1b /dev/rmt/2b
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWesu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
mt(1), ioctl(2), attributes(5)
NOTES
tcopy will only run on systems supporting an associated set of ioctl(2) requests.
SunOS 5.11 10 Mar 2000 tcopy(1)