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tar: 0511-195 An error occurred while writing to the storage media - 4mm Tape Drive

  • 1.  tar: 0511-195 An error occurred while writing to the storage media - 4mm Tape Drive

    Posted Wed July 18, 2007 12:08 PM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    my p550 (AIX 5.3L) has a "LVD SCSI 4mm Tape Drive (36000 MB)". Last night when it run a tar file to the tape, the OS displayed this error and my log indicated the error message with ": The media surface is damaged". I replaced a new tape this morning. But how can i ensure that there is no problem with tape drive itself? I used the "tctl -f /dev/rmt0 status", there was no sign of error.


  • 2.  Re: tar: 0511-195 An error occurred while writing to the storage media - 4mm Tape Drive

    Posted Wed July 18, 2007 12:43 PM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    check the errpt identifer:
    1. errpt -aj 4865FA9B
    LABEL: TAPE_ERR1
    IDENTIFIER: 4865FA9B

    Date/Time: Wed Jul 18 01:43:29 CDT 2007
    Sequence Number: 1085
    Machine Id: 00CC6E6A4C00
    Node Id: baanserver
    Class: H
    Type: PERM
    Resource Name: rmt0
    Resource Class: tape
    Resource Type: scsd
    Location: U787B.001.DNW65BA-P1-T14-L6-L0
    VPD:
    Manufacturer................IBM
    Machine Type and Model......DDS Gen5
    Device Specific.(Z1)........V315
    Serial Number...............2059P161
    Device Specific.(LI)........A170029F
    Part Number.................18P8777
    FRU Number..................18P8779
    EC Level....................H80564
    Device Specific.(Z0)........0180020283000130
    Device Specific.(Z3)........L1

    Description
    TAPE OPERATION ERROR

    Probable Causes
    TAPE

    User Causes
    MEDIA DEFECTIVE
    DIRTY READ/WRITE HEAD

    Recommended Actions
    FOR REMOVABLE MEDIA, CHANGE MEDIA AND RETRY
    PERFORM PROBLEM DETERMINATION PROCEDURES

    Detail Data
    SENSE DATA
    0606 0000 1000 0000 0100 0000 0000 0000 0102 0000 F000 0300 0000 002C 0000 0000
    3B00 0000 00E7 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
    0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
    0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
    0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 229C
    LABEL: TAPE_ERR1
    IDENTIFIER: 4865FA9B

    Date/Time: Wed Jul 18 01:37:10 CDT 2007
    Sequence Number: 1084
    Machine Id: 00CC6E6A4C00
    Node Id: baanserver
    Class: H
    Type: PERM
    Resource Name: rmt0
    Resource Class: tape
    Resource Type: scsd
    Location: U787B.001.DNW65BA-P1-T14-L6-L0
    VPD:
    Manufacturer................IBM
    Machine Type and Model......DDS Gen5
    Device Specific.(Z1)........V315
    Serial Number...............2059P161
    Device Specific.(LI)........A170029F
    Part Number.................18P8777
    FRU Number..................18P8779
    EC Level....................H80564
    Device Specific.(Z0)........0180020283000130
    Device Specific.(Z3)........L1

    Description
    TAPE OPERATION ERROR

    Probable Causes
    TAPE

    User Causes
    MEDIA DEFECTIVE
    DIRTY READ/WRITE HEAD

    Recommended Actions
    FOR REMOVABLE MEDIA, CHANGE MEDIA AND RETRY
    PERFORM PROBLEM DETERMINATION PROCEDURES

    Detail Data
    SENSE DATA
    0606 0000 0A01 0000 0A00 0000 0000 0000 0102 0000 7000 0300 0000 002C 0000 0000
    3B00 0000 00E7 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
    0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
    0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
    0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 229C

    And when I checked the tape, the tape spilled out extra length outside the tape case. So I suspected there was something wrong with the drive.
    However, used the cleaning tape cleaned the drive and retried to tar the same files, no error found.