Big Problem: Compaq AIT 35 (SDX-300C)/Tru64 5.1 PK3

From: Danny Petterson (Danny.Petterson@dmsn.dk)
Date: Wed Sep 04 2002 - 07:12:50 EDT


Hi Gurus!
 
An old problem still hunting me:
 
Cant write to an AIT drive of the type shown in Subject:
 
Output from file-command:
-/dev/ntape/tape0_d0: character special (19/87) SCSI #2 "SDX-300C" tape #2 (SC
-SI ID #0) (SCSI LUN #2) write-locked 116000_bpi
 
Output from mt status, most relevant line (I think, the entire is in the buttom of this mail):
 
-status 0x3200 Device inoperable (needs initialize)
- flags 0x1000007
- CAM_STATUS SCSI_STATUS SCSI_SENSE CAM_DATA
- cam_status 0x4 CCB request completed with an err
 
 
vdump, dd and so on gives [13] Permission denied.
 
tapex cant write on tapes (new tapes, old tapes, doesnt matter).
 
Tried C-programs and other stuff also listed in the summaries. Turned machine on/off, resets with scu, still, no response.
 
HELP, Thanx!
 
Lots of greetings
Danny Petterson
 
Enteire mt stat:
DEVIOGET ELEMENT CONTENTS
---------------- --------
category DEV_TAPE
bus DEV_SCSI
interface SCSI
device SDX-300C
adpt_num 0
nexus_num 14
bus_num 0
ctlr_num 2
slave_num 2
dev_name tz
unit_num 2
soft_count 0
hard_count 0
stat 0x9
                        DEV_BOM DEV_WRTLCK
category_stat 0x0
                        DEV_116000_BPI
DEVGETINFO ELEMENT CONTENTS
edia_status 0x10009
                        BOM WrtProt POS_VALID
unit_status 0x181
                        Ready 2_FM_Close NO_Rewind Compacting Buffered
record_size 0
density (current) 116000 BPI
density (on write) 0 BPI
Filemark Cnt 0
Record Cnt 0
Class 5 - 8MM
MTIOCGET ELEMENT CONTENTS
---------------- --------
mt_type MT_ISSCSI
mt_dsreg 0x9
                        DEV_BOM DEV_WRTLCK
mt_erreg 0x8 Blank media encountered.
mt_resid 1
mt_fileno 0
mt_blkno 0
DEV_EEI_STATUS
        version 0x2
        flags 0x1000007
                        CAM_STATUS SCSI_STATUS SCSI_SENSE CAM_DATA
        cam_status 0x4 CCB request completed with an err
        scsi_status 0x2 SCSI_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION
        scsi_sense_data (hex)
                        f0 0 8 0 0 0 1 14
                         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
                        22 0 0 0 0 0 1 83
                        ad 50 0 0 0 0 0 0
                         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
                         0 0 0 0 0
        ASC/ASQ = 0/0 NO Additional Sense Information



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