DAT DLT VS160

[ldiaz at greendata.es]

Hi,
I resolved the problem...The SCSI termination connector was missing.
I add it and now all good.
Sorry (:

Luis 

Selon ldiaz at greendata.es:

> Hi,
> I can not use my DAT to backup files with tar...
> here is my information:
> 
> OS red hat ES3
> 
> [root at aleph16 /]# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
> Attached devices:
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: QUANTUM  Model: DLT VS160        Rev: 2500
>   Type:   Sequential-Access                ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi2 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: DELL     Model: GD               Rev: V1.0
>   Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi5 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: HL-DT-ST Model: RW/DVD GCC-4481B Rev: E106
>   Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> 
> 
> [root at aleph16 /]# dmesg |grep tape
> Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
> Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
> 
> 
> [root at aleph16 /]# lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
> st                     31524   0  (autoclean)
> nls_iso8859-1           3516   1  (autoclean)
> udf                    99680   0  (autoclean)
> usbserial              23964   0  (autoclean) (unused)
> parport_pc             18884   1  (autoclean)
> lp                      9156   0  (autoclean)
> parport                38848   1  (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
> autofs4                16984   0  (autoclean) (unused)
> audit                  90744   3
> e1000                  77884   1
> floppy                 57520   0  (autoclean)
> sg                     37388   0  (autoclean)
> sr_mod                 17880   2  (autoclean)
> microcode               6912   0  (autoclean)
> ide-scsi               12496   1
> ide-cd                 34016   0
> cdrom                  32896   0  [sr_mod ide-cd]
> keybdev                 2944   0  (unused)
> mousedev                5656   1
> hid                    22308   0  (unused)
> input                   6176   0  [keybdev mousedev hid]
> ehci-hcd               20776   0  (unused)
> usb-uhci               26860   0  (unused)
> usbcore                81152   1  [usbserial hid ehci-hcd usb-uhci]
> ext3                   89992   5
> jbd                    55092   5  [ext3]
> ata_piix                5096   0  (unused)
> libata                 40628   0  [ata_piix]
> aacraid                49984   7
> aic7xxx               163120   0
> diskdumplib             5260   0  [aic7xxx]
> sd_mod                 13936  14
> scsi_mod              115240   8  [st sg sr_mod ide-scsi ata_piix libata
> aacraid
> aic7xxx sd_mod]
> 
> 
> [root at aleph16 /]# dmesg | grep scsi
> scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.36
> scsi1 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.36
> (scsi0:A:6): 160.000MB/s transfers (80.000MHz DT, offset 96, 16bit)
> scsi2 : percraid
> scsi3 : percraid
> scsi2 : aacraid
> Attached scsi disk sda at scsi2, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> scsi4 : ata_piix
> Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
> hda: attached ide-scsi driver.
> scsi5 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
> Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi5, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
> scsi0:0:6:0: Attempting to queue an ABORT message
> scsi0: At time of recovery, card was not paused
> scsi0: Dumping Card State in Command phase, at SEQADDR 0x16b
> scsi0:0:6:0: Device is active, asserting ATN
> scsi0:0:6:0: Attempting to queue a TARGET RESET message
> scsi: device set offline - not ready or command retry failed after bus
> reset:
> host 0 channel 0 id 6 lun 0
> (scsi0:A:6:0): Unexpected busfree in Command phase
> Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
> 
> [root at aleph16 /]# mt -f /dev/st0 status
> /dev/st0: No such device
> 
> 
> so, all seem to be here but when try to execute tar I have this message:
> 
> [root at aleph16 /]# tar -cvf /dev/st0 /backup/web/
> tar: /dev/st0: No se puede open: No existe tal dispositivo
> tar: El error no es recuperable: salida ahora
> 
> translated is: can not open: such device not exists
> tar: The error is not recoverable, exiting now.
> 
> Some one have any idea?
> Thanks
> 
> Luis
> 
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