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Strange problem with TCTL erase - i/o error

  • 1.  Strange problem with TCTL erase - i/o error

    Posted Thu October 09, 2008 06:24 AM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    Hello!

    I try to erase tape on AIX 5.2 system with tctl. I get the following
    message:

    
# tctl -f /dev/rmt0 erase /dev/rmt0 erase 1 failed: There is an input or output error.


    Device is available, tape is inserted, tctl rewind works without
    error, tctl status shows the following info:
    
# tctl status rmt0 Available 05-08-01-1,0 LVD SCSI Tape Drive attribute     value description                          user_settable   block_size    1024  BLOCK size (0=variable length)       True compress      yes   Use data COMPRESSION                 True density_set_1 129   DENSITY setting #1                   True density_set_2 128   DENSITY setting #2                   True extfm         yes   Use EXTENDED file marks              True mode          yes   Use DEVICE BUFFERS during writes     True ret           no    RETENSION on tape change or reset    True ret_error     no    RETURN error on tape change or reset True size_in_mb    80000 Size in Megabytes                    False #

    What can I do to be able to successfully erase the tape?

    Thankx for any suggestions.
    #AIX-Forum


  • 2.  Re: Strange problem with TCTL erase - i/o error

    Posted Thu October 09, 2008 01:02 PM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    The backup on the tape wasn't made on AIX, but on Windows Server, may be that's the problem? That's why the tape is not recognized in the VXA-2 drive?

    Blocks?
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