POWERVAULT TL2000 CONTINOUSLY TAGS MEDIA TAPE AS "BAD TAPE".
POWERVAULT CONTINOUSLY TAGS MEDIA TAPE AS "BAD TAPE".
I dont know what is the diagnostic, because all media are "DELL" and they are new media.
I dont know if it possible to upgrade the firmware and where and how can i find the most recent firmware.
Library Identity
Serial Number
FRU7800000
Service Tag
<ADMIN NOTE: Service tag removed per privacy policy>
Product ID
3573-TL
Currently Installed Library Firmware
C.30 / 3.20e
Bootcode Firmware Revision
0.60
Barcode Reader
CSE600
IPv4 Address
10.1.100.194
MAC Address
000E118015B2
Library Mode
Random
WWide Node Name
2000000E118015
Drive Identity
1 (LUN)
Vendor ID
IBM
Product ID
ULT3580-TD4
Serial Number
9310171015
Firmware Revision
C7QH
Element Address
256
Control Path Drive
Yes
Data Compression
Yes
Interface Type
Fibre Channel
Node Name
2001000E118015B2
Port A
Enabled
Port Name
2002000E118015B2
Topology
LN-Port
FC-AL Loop ID
Manual
Speed
Automatic
Port B
Disabled
Library Information: -------------------- HW Revision : FF Upgrade Personality : 06.18.05 HW Variant : 00 OS Major Version : 1 Firmware Revision : C.30 Firmware Build date : 11-19-2013 Robotic FW Revision : 3.20e Robot FW Build date : 09-24-2012 Firmware Checksum : E1FC Bootcode Revision : 0.60 Vendor ID : IBM Product ID : 3573-TL Serial Number : FRU7800000 Service Tag :<ADMIN NOTE: Service tag removed per privacy policy>
Library WWI : 2000000E118015B2 Library height : 2U Connection : LUN Language : English Network enabled : Yes DHCP enabled : No IP Address : 10.1.100.194 Netmask : 255.0.0.0 Gateway Address : 10.0.0.1 MAC Address : 000E118015B2 Network active : Yes Hostname : FLX8015B2 Library Name : Protocol Stack : IPv4 only Speed : Auto Duplex : Auto SNMP enabled : No SNMP Target 1 Adr. : 0.0.0.0 SNMP Target 2 Adr. : 0.0.0.0 SNMP Target 3 Adr. : 0.0.0.0 SNMP Community Name : public Number of Powerups : 29 Minutes of Operation: 1658441 (1151d, 16h, 41min) Move count : 7565 Robotics Temperature: 28.9 Inventory valid : Yes Robotic Conn. Speed : 57600 Baud Barcode Reader : CSE600 LED Status: Ready : On Clean : Off Attention : On Error : Off
Drive No. 0 Information: ( LUN ) ------------------------ Vendor ID : IBM Product ID : ULT3580-TD4 Firmware Revision : C7QH Load ID : A1700D6B Drive version : 01 Serial number : 9310171015 Personality : 00 0D Data compression : Yes Interface type : Fibre Channel Node name : 2001000E118015B2
Port A Settings : Enabled Port name : 2002000E118015B2 Topology : LN-Port Loop-ID / AL_PA : 08 / D9 Speed : auto
Port A Status : login complete Port name : 2002000E118015B2 Speed : 4 Gb/s Topology : L-Port Loop-ID / AL_PA : 08 / D9
Encryption method : Disabled Key path : Default by method BOP policy : Disabled Density reporting : Other
Media loads : 3002 Cleaning operations : 149 Power on hours : 31112 Media motion hours : 4885 Tape meters : 85545912
Installed Memory Types and Sizes on Library and Robotics Controller : -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Library Controller - LCM 1.0 : ------------------------------------------------------------------------- EEPROM Type : 24LC08B EEPROM Size : 1 KB FRAM Type : FM25L256 FRAM Size : 32 KB DataFlash Type : AT45DB321 DataFlash Size : 4 MB SDRAM Type : MT48LC8M16A2P-75 SDRAM Size : 16 MB
If you are still getting tapes marked as bad after the firmware upgrade then we will need to get a drive dump log from the tape drive so we can see what is up with the drive.
Please let us know if you have any other questions.
If you login to the web utility, you will go to the Service Library menu. In the Service Library Menu, you should see Save Drive Dump. If you have more than one drive you will need to select the drive and it will pull the drive log, & ask you where you want to save the log. Once you have the log I can send you an email and then I can review the log to see what error are on the drive.
Please let us know if you have any other questions.
The best way to see what the errors on your tape drive are is to look at a drive dump log. If you login to the web utility for your TL2000 & go to the Service Library menu, then select Save Drive Dump. You will have an option of where to save the log on your local machine. I will send you an email so that you can send me the log. Also, if you can provide me a service dump log as well. To get the service dump you go to the view logs tab. You should show a button that says Save Service Dump. If you don’t have that button then select the view button, & then the Save Service Dump should show.
Please let us know if you have any other questions.
i would think based on the fact your running and LTO4/5 that theres a good chance the drive is faulty.
using symantec in the past myself and having this issue, you could try marking the media as retired and then delete it from symantec, then put the media back in and do an inventory and see if it still happens. caution though as when i did this i was using media that had data i didnt care about.
We would need to look at a drive dump from your drive and the service dump from your TL. If you login to the web utility for your TL2000 & go to the Service Library menu, then select Save Drive Dump. You will have an option of where to save the log on your local machine. I will send you an email so that you can send me the log. Also, if you can provide me a service dump log as well. To get the service dump you go to the view logs tab. You should show a button that says Save Service Dump. If you don’t have that button then select the view button, & then the Save Service Dump should show.
Please let us know if you have any other questions.
Thanks for the Drive dump log and service dump. When reviewing the logs, I am able to see that you have a sensor issue with your drive. When we see this issue in most cases it is due to using older firmware. With your drive, you are running the latest version of firmware for your tape drive. What you will need to do is to replace the tape drive for this error. I checked and can see that your TL2000 doesn’t have an active warranty so I am not able to replace the drive under warranty repair.
Please let us know if you have any other questions.
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Hello INFORMATICAUTRERA,
How old is your cleaning media? I have seen this happen when a customer uses a cleaning media to clean the drive and the cleaning media is about to expire that you can get that error. You can try & upgrade the firmware for both the tape drive and the Library to see if it helps as well. Here is the link to the firmware. http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=84W7J&fileId=3491207952&osCode=WNT5&productCode=powervault-tl2000&languageCode=en&categoryId=TA
If you are still getting tapes marked as bad after the firmware upgrade then we will need to get a drive dump log from the tape drive so we can see what is up with the drive.
Please let us know if you have any other questions.