Iwan T wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am using the HPUX 11iv1, Netbackup Enterprise 4.5 and StorageTek L700. My
> question: is it possible to know when the tape drive has problem or the tape
> stuck inside tape drive using (HP) UNIX command? Without using any Netbackup
> command?
>
> Regards,
>
> Iwan
>
>


You can use robtest to see what is in the library and then mt -f
/dev/rmt/0cbn status (or whatever your cbn device file is)

if robtest shows a tape in the relevant drive but mt reports "no tape
loaded or drive offline" then time to call storagetek ahem... Sun!

ioscan -fnC tape can be useful as sometimes it will show NO_HW if your
tape drive is particularly unhappy.

If you're not sure what the relevant device file is you can reconcile
the drive number in robtest with the "robot drive number " in tpconfig
-d to get the device file :-)

HTH

Sean

Also, don't know the relevant location in HP/UX but you can check the
/etc/messages file in Solaris for scsi errors that may be reported. I
assume HP/UX has something similar.

On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 20:55:35 +0800, "Iwan T" wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I am using the HPUX 11iv1, Netbackup Enterprise 4.5 and StorageTek L700. My
>question: is it possible to know when the tape drive has problem or the tape
>stuck inside tape drive using (HP) UNIX command? Without using any Netbackup
>command?
>
>Regards,
>
>Iwan
>

Jeff Redington wrote:
> Also, don't know the relevant location in HP/UX but you can check the
> /etc/messages file in Solaris for scsi errors that may be reported. I
> assume HP/UX has something similar.
>
> On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 20:55:35 +0800, "Iwan T" wrote:
>
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I am using the HPUX 11iv1, Netbackup Enterprise 4.5 and StorageTek L700. My
>>question: is it possible to know when the tape drive has problem or the tape
>>stuck inside tape drive using (HP) UNIX command? Without using any Netbackup
>>command?
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Iwan
>>
>
>
I have a script available for monitoring all media server's drives along
with a message being sent to anyone who cares about drive failures. I
usually start the command at bootup but you could also issue a nohup
(means knowing system has rebooted and command is no longer running.

Go to my site at http://www.gurski.com/Netbackup (indirect way) or
directly at http://www.gurski.com/netbackup.php

Select the Unix scripts option on the left-hand side of th page and then
look for ebs_drive

Ed