Hi Marianne,
I have an old backup I did on LTO2 (IBM) drives and an L60 tape library. The library was connected to an HP box running RHEL 5.7. I upgraded to a StorageTek SL150 library with 2 cartridges (60 slots 4 LTO5 drives). I got a request to restore some data from the old LTO2 backup which means I will have to import the tapes to get the info. However, when I try to mount the tape I get a tape unmountable error:
04/25/2014 10:07:41 - begin Import
04/25/2014 10:07:42 - Info bptm (pid=19782) start
04/25/2014 10:07:42 - started process bptm (pid=19782)
04/25/2014 10:07:42 - Info bptm (pid=19782) Waiting for mount of media id 001219 (copy 1) on server xerox.
04/25/2014 10:07:42 - started process bptm (pid=19782)
04/25/2014 10:07:42 - mounting 001219
04/25/2014 10:07:42 - requesting resource 001219
04/25/2014 10:07:42 - granted resource 001219
04/25/2014 10:07:42 - granted resource HP.ULTRIUM5-SCSI.003
04/25/2014 10:07:43 - Info bptm (pid=19782) INF - Waiting for mount of media id 001219 on server xerox for reading.
04/25/2014 10:07:45 - Error bptm (pid=19782) error requesting media, TpErrno = Robot operation failed
04/25/2014 10:07:45 - current media 001219 complete, requesting next media HP.ULTRIUM5-SCSI.003:MediaPro_Archive:001219
04/25/2014 10:07:50 - Info bptm (pid=19782) Waiting for mount of media id 001219 (copy 1) on server xerox.
04/25/2014 10:07:50 - started process bptm (pid=19782)
04/25/2014 10:07:50 - mounting 001219
04/25/2014 10:07:50 - Info bptm (pid=19782) INF - Waiting for mount of media id 001219 on server xerox for reading.
04/25/2014 10:07:50 - granted resource 001219
04/25/2014 10:07:50 - granted resource HP.ULTRIUM5-SCSI.002
04/25/2014 10:07:52 - Error bptm (pid=19782) error requesting media, TpErrno = Robot operation failed
04/25/2014 10:07:52 - current media 001219 complete, requesting next media HP.ULTRIUM5-SCSI.002:MediaPro_Archive:001219
04/25/2014 10:07:57 - awaiting resource HP.ULTRIUM5-SCSI.002:MediaPro_Archive:001219.
A pending request has been generated for this resource request.
Operator action may be required. Pending Action: Tape is unmountable,
Media ID: 001219, Barcode: 001219, Density: hcart2, Access Mode: Read,
Action Drive Name: N/A, Action Media Server: N/A, Robot Type(Number): 8(1),
Volume Group: 000_00001_TLD, Action Acs: N/A, Action Lsm: N/A
04/25/2014 10:29:24 - Info bptm (pid=19782) Waiting for mount of media id 001219 (copy 1) on server xerox.
04/25/2014 10:29:24 - started process bptm (pid=19782)
04/25/2014 10:29:24 - mounting 001219
04/25/2014 10:29:24 - granted resource 001219
04/25/2014 10:29:24 - granted resource HP.ULTRIUM5-SCSI.003
04/25/2014 10:29:25 - Info bptm (pid=19782) INF - Waiting for mount of media id 001219 on server xerox for reading.
04/25/2014 10:29:28 - Error bptm (pid=19782) error requesting media, TpErrno = Robot operation failed
04/25/2014 10:29:28 - current media 001219 complete, requesting next media HP.ULTRIUM5-SCSI.003:MediaPro_Archive:001219
04/25/2014 10:29:32 - awaiting resource HP.ULTRIUM5-SCSI.003:MediaPro_Archive:001219.
A pending request has been generated for this resource request.
Operator action may be required. Pending Action: Tape is unmountable,
Media ID: 001219, Barcode: 001219, Density: hcart2, Access Mode: Read,
Action Drive Name: N/A, Action Media Server: N/A, Robot Type(Number): 8(1),
Volume Group: 000_00001_TLD, Action Acs: N/A, Action Lsm: N/A
04/25/2014 10:54:04 - Error bpimport (pid=19772) bpimport terminated by signal (1)
04/25/2014 10:54:08 - Error bptm (pid=19782) media manager terminated by parent process
04/25/2014 10:54:09 - end Import; elapsed time 0:46:28
process was killed by a signal (63)
When I look at the tapes from the library, I see that the library is set to trim the rightmost 2 digits. Those two digits are L2 for LTO2 and L5 LTO5. So the library is stopping me from mounting those tapes. Is there a command line way to do this. The backup set is 31 tapes so if this gets too messy. . .
Thanks in advance.