Sounds like the drive needs replacement.
A reboot is unlikely to help, but may be worth a try - bringing the
3k down, then powering off tape drive, then powering on tape drive,
then starting up 3k.
Good luck.
At 06:46 PM 2010-01-07, Dave Powell, MMfab wrote:
>It's a DDS3, and fwiw, its big enough and fast enough for our small
>system (full backup every night with time and space to spare)
>
>No reboots or other changes here between the last time it worked and
>the first time we saw a problem.
>
>Just tried powering off the drive for a few seconds -- didn't
>help. When I inserted a tape after that, it was the first time I've
>heard tape-moving sounds since this started, and it sounded a bit
>louder than usual.
>
>I'll try to restart the system tonight. I don't need to power it
>off too, do I ? Just off the tape drive, restart the 3000,
>re-power the tape, or some such ?
>
>But I'm calling HP too, to ask for a replacement.
>
>
>Since my first post I've found some other devinfo calls that hang
>now, like devinfo (7, "TapeTrackError") and devinfo (7,
>"IntTapeError"). All these worked in the past (we run them every
>day). I'm trying to find one that gives an error without hanging,
>but no luck so far.
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Gilles Schipper" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "Dave Powell, MMfab" <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 15:23
>Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] tape problems
>
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