Help: Problem with backup, scsi transport failed

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Date: 09/30/03

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    Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 10:54:50 -0400 (EDT)
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    Hi,
    I got a problem on my backup server again and need help. I have read all
    the manual, searched on the web and post the message on other groups but
    no answer yet. Thanks in advance for any suggestion.
    The backup acted weird on last Sat while I was replacing the tape. At first,
    I could not remove the volume index out of the pool. After I fixed
    this problem and tried to label the tape. It gave me the error on each
    tape, said that bad file number. I have to redo the labling again and
    again. I have only successfully finished labling three tapes. At the
    fourth tape, it took more than half an hour, but was still not done. So I
    cancelled the operation of labeling. The problem happened during the
    cancelling. The scsi error occurrs, I got the error message: Read open
    error, I/O error. The autochange stops in the middle of the CY-TL8-2015
    tape library subsystem. The light is green for the autochanger at that
    time. Then I opened the door of the autochanger driver, found the tape is
    still mounted, but the autochange was hang in the middle. After I closed
    the door, the light of the autochager become in red. Then I checked the
    log file , have some error messages like this:
    Sep 27 17:32:17 beverly unix: SCSI transport failed: reason 'timeout':
    giving up^M^MSep 27 17:32:17 beverly root: Solstice Backup media: (warning)
    /dev/rmt/1mbn reading: I/O error

    Sep 27 17:45:03 beverly unix: Disconnected command timeout for Target 1.0
    Sep 27 17:45:04 beverly unix: NOTICE: lus_intr(1.1.0): transport failure
    (timeout)Sep 27 17:46:05 beverly unix: NOTICE: lus_intr(1.1.0): transport
    failure(incomplete)

    The server is running SUNOS 5.6 with RAID 5 external hard disks and
    backup file is solstice 5.1.

    I have checked the /kernel/drv/st.config. Nothing was wrong there.

    Could anyone give me a hint?

    Mei
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