Solaris

Hi friends

I have receive these messages from spaer administrator but I don't understand what is that mean
if any one knows that please help my

Feb 18 05:08:33 spad unix: WARNING: /SUBS@1F,0/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/st@4,0 (st4):
Feb 18 05:08:33 spad unix: ~Error for Command: write Error Level: Fatal
Feb 18 05:08:33 spad unix: ~Reuested Block: 6406 Error Block: 6406
Feb 18 05:08:33 spad unix: ~Vendor: EXABYTE Serial Number:
Feb 18 05:08:33 spad unix: ~Sense Key: Media Error
Feb 18 05:08:33 spad unix: ~ASC: 0x3 (<vendor unique code 0x3>), ASCQ: 0x2, FRU: 0x0

seems a harddisk has errors... check it with "iostat -eE".

hth,
DN2

A SCSI (disk) device is reporting a write failure.

Tape drive error.

You have an Exabyte tape drive?

*Might* just be a bad tape.

yes my friend I have EXABYTE drive.
what can I do.

change the tape or use a cleaning tape?

What model Exabyte is it?

Some tape drives will tell you when they need a cleaning, many won't. If not, you should clean it after a certain number of uses, depending on the type of drive. (Or perhaps "once a month" if that's close enough...)

Do you get those error messages every time you use the tape drive, or just with one tape? If it's only with one tape, obviously throw that tape out.

Also - many people back up to tape but never bother to test their tapes. It's worth checking occasionally to see if your tape backups really do work. (Carefully! You don't want to accidently restore old files from a tape over newer files on your disk drives.)