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Old 05-23-2002
Question SCSI Tape Error
When I am trying to read any tape I getthe following message on my screen:
"stp: Error on SCSI tape=0 (ha=0 id=6 lun=0)"

Does anybody know how to solve this problem and what the message means.

I already have rebooted the server and cleaned the heads of the tape unit.

HELP!!!!
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Old 05-23-2002
You need to change the device name for the 'tape unload' command. Lets say that you backup using '/dev/rStp0'... then the unload command should call '/dev/nrStp0'. Why??? The rewind device (rStp0) is trying to do a rewind after eject and 'nrStp0' will *not* attempt to rewind. After done do a test like below:

# tape unload /dev/rStp0
# tape unload /dev/nrStp0

Here's the major/minor numbers:
crw-rw-rw- 4 root other 46, 12 Mar 21 1997 nrStp0
crw-rw-rw- 7 root other 46, 4 Aug 09 15:00 rStp0

There is a shell script available to help determine the correct device for you to use:
ftp.cactus.com/cowboy/backitup/test_tape_cmd

Also if you use LONE-TAR to eject the tape then make sure you go into the 'ENV.menu' and change #23 to reflect the new device name.
 
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