Ecrix VXA-1 drive errors

From: Captain Dondo (yan_at_NsOeSiPnAeMr.com)
Date: 11/20/05

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    Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 17:00:36 -0800

    I have an Ecrix VXA-1 tape drive. The host computer is running linux.
    Everything was working fine; I ran a backup and verify (about 3GB) then
    tried to eject the tape. The drive rewound, then mt said:

    bash-2.05b$ mt -f /dev/st0 eject
    /dev/st0: No such device or address

    Log files have this to say:

    Nov 19 16:46:36 tooth kernel: sym0:9:0: ABORT operation started.
    Nov 19 16:46:36 tooth kernel: sym0:9:control msgout: 80 6.
    Nov 19 16:46:36 tooth kernel: sym0:9:0: ABORT operation complete.
    Nov 19 16:46:36 tooth kernel: sym0: unexpected disconnect
    Nov 19 16:46:36 tooth kernel: sym0:9:0: DEVICE RESET operation started.
    Nov 19 16:46:36 tooth kernel: sym0:9:0: DEVICE RESET operation complete.
    Nov 19 16:46:36 tooth kernel: sym0:9:control msgout: c.
    Nov 19 16:46:36 tooth kernel: sym0:9: ERROR (81:0) (6-a7-7) (1e/9f/0) @ (scriptb 48:48000000).
    Nov 19 16:46:36 tooth kernel: sym0: script cmd = 98080000
    Nov 19 16:46:36 tooth kernel: sym0: regdump: da 10 00 9f 47 1e 09 02 10 06 89 a7 80 00 07 00 00 e0 03 37 38 00 00 00 .
    Nov 19 16:46:36 tooth kernel: sym0: SCSI BUS reset detected.
    Nov 19 16:46:36 tooth kernel: sym0: SCSI BUS has been reset.
    Nov 19 16:46:36 tooth kernel: sym0:9:0: BUS RESET operation started.
    Nov 19 16:46:36 tooth kernel: sym0:9:0: BUS RESET operation complete.
    Nov 19 16:46:36 tooth kernel: sym0: SCSI BUS reset detected.
    Nov 19 16:46:36 tooth kernel: sym0: SCSI BUS has been reset.
    Nov 19 16:46:46 tooth kernel: sym0: unexpected disconnect
    Nov 19 16:46:46 tooth kernel: sym0:9:0: HOST RESET operation started.
    Nov 19 16:46:46 tooth kernel: sym0: SCSI BUS has been reset.
    Nov 19 16:46:46 tooth kernel: sym0:9:0: HOST RESET operation complete.
    Nov 19 16:46:56 tooth kernel: scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery: host 0 channel 0 id 9 lun 0
    Nov 19 16:46:56 tooth kernel: scsi0 (9:0): rejecting I/O to offline device

    Can anyone shed any light on this? This system is a bit old, but has been
    running flawlessly. I've finally decided to make use of the tape drive,
    and after running 3 backups totalling abotu 9GB I get this error.

    The tape is still inside the drive and the light is blinking....

    Is the drive dead? Or what? The scsi errors mean nothing to me....

    --Yan

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