Problems with tape drive and cartridge – Quantum LTO-2 User Manual

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Chapter 7 Troubleshooting Guide
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LTO-2 Half-Height Tape Drive User’s Guide

You may see output similar to:

(scsi0)<Adaptec AHA-294XX Ultra2 SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 0/16/0

You may also be able to use the command:

cat /proc/scsi/scsi

You may see output similar to:

Host: scsi0 Channel: 0 Id:6 Lun:00
Vendor: CERTANCE Model: ULTRIUM2
Type: Sequential AccessANSI SCSI Revision 03

You can also use a text editor to view the messages in the file

/var/log/

and

look for tape drive entries.
Sometimes a system may have multiple tape device names in the

/dev

directory and will not know which st number to use. To view the st

device number for your attached tape drive, use the command:

dmesg |

grep tape

You should see output similar to:

Detected SCSI tape st0 and scsi0 . . .

Problems with
Tape Drive and
Cartridge

7

Tape will not Load into Tape Drive

1

Verify that the tape drive’s Power Led is illuminated and that all

other LEDs are off. If the Power LED is not illuminated, refer to the

procedures for troubleshooting LEDs under

Computer Boots but

Does not Recognize the Tape Drive

on page 65 to determine why it is

not illuminated.

2

If the

Power

LED is illuminated but other LEDs are on or flashing.

check to see if other LED activity is normal or abnormal, see

Table 3

on page 21

.

3

If the

Power On Self Test Failure

LEDs are on, contact Technical

Support.

4

If other LEDs are on, reboot the drive by holding the front panel

button for more than 5 seconds and releasing it or by power cycling

the drive.

5

Verify that the tape drive passed the Power On Self Test by viewing

LED activity. All LEDs should be off approximately 20 to 30 seconds

after the tape drive reboots.

6

If the

Power On Self Test Failure

LEDs are on, contact Technical

Support.

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