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Tape backups are run manually __once per week__, __on Friday afternoon__. | Tape backups are run manually __once per week__, __on Friday afternoon__. | ||
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| March 11, 2011 | A | Completed successfully | | | March 11, 2011 | A | Completed successfully | | ||
| March 18, 2011 | B | Completed successfully | | | March 18, 2011 | B | Completed successfully | | ||
+ | | March 25, 2011 | A | Completed successfully | | ||
+ | | April 1, 2011 | B | Was running a restore for Anne so couldn' | ||
+ | | April 8, 2011 | A | Completed successfully | | ||
+ | | April 15, 2011 | B | Completed successfully | | ||
+ | | April 21, 2011 | A | Completed successfully | | ||
+ | | April 29, 2011 | B | Completed successfully | | ||
+ | | May 6, 2011 | A | failed... not sure why | | ||
+ | | May 13, 2011 | A | haven' | ||
====== Storix Backup Administrator ====== | ====== Storix Backup Administrator ====== | ||
We are using an Exabyte Tape library for backups and the commercial Storix Backup Administrator software [[http:// | We are using an Exabyte Tape library for backups and the commercial Storix Backup Administrator software [[http:// | ||
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===== Troubleshooting ====== | ===== Troubleshooting ====== | ||
+ | The following commands can be useful in determining problems with devices. | ||
==== mtx ==== | ==== mtx ==== | ||
- | Use the mtx command to help identify which hardware the OS detects. | ||
< | < | ||
+ | Product Type: Medium Changer | ||
+ | Vendor ID: ' | ||
+ | Product ID: ' | ||
+ | Revision: ' | ||
+ | Attached Changer: No</ | ||
+ | ==== tapeinfo ==== | ||
+ | < | ||
Product Type: Medium Changer | Product Type: Medium Changer | ||
Vendor ID: ' | Vendor ID: ' | ||
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Revision: ' | Revision: ' | ||
Attached Changer: No | Attached Changer: No | ||
- | mtx -f /dev/sg1 inquiry | + | SerialNumber: |
- | Product Type: Tape Drive | + | SCSI ID: 0 |
- | Vendor ID: 'IBM ' | + | SCSI LUN: 0 |
- | Product ID: 'ULTRIUM-TD1 ' | + | Ready: yes</ |
- | Revision: '4561' | + | ==== loaderinfo ==== |
+ | < | ||
+ | Product Type: Medium Changer | ||
+ | Vendor ID: 'EXABYTE | ||
+ | Product ID: 'EXB-480 ' | ||
+ | Revision: '2.18' | ||
Attached Changer: No | Attached Changer: No | ||
- | mtx -f /dev/sg2 inquiry | + | Bar Code Reader: Yes |
- | Product | + | EAAP: Yes |
- | Vendor | + | Number of Medium Transport Elements: 1 |
- | Product ID: 'Logical Disk 00 ' | + | Number of Storage Elements: 21 |
- | Revision: '1.00' | + | Number of Import/ |
- | Attached Changer: No | + | Number of Data Transfer Elements: 1 |
- | mtx -f /dev/sg3 inquiry | + | Transport Geometry Descriptor Page: Yes |
- | Product Type: Disk Drive | + | Invertable: No |
- | Vendor | + | Device Configuration Page: Yes |
- | Product ID: 'Logical Disk 01 ' | + | Can Transfer: Yes</ |
- | Revision: '1.00' | + | |
- | Attached Changer: No | + | ==== List SCSI devices ==== |
- | mtx -f /dev/sg4 inquiry | + | '/dev/sg*' are apparently all SCSI devices (some of which are the disks attached to the OS), which can be quite confusing. |
- | Product Type: Disk Drive | + | < |
- | Vendor | + | Attached devices: |
- | Product ID: 'Logical Disk 02 ' | + | Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 |
- | Revision: '1.00' | + | Vendor: EXABYTE |
- | Attached Changer: No</ | + | |
- | So we know that / | + | Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00 |
+ | | ||
+ | Type: | ||
+ | Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 | ||
+ | Vendor: 3ware Model: Logical Disk 00 Rev: 1.00 | ||
+ | Type: Direct-Access | ||
+ | Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00 | ||
+ | Vendor: 3ware Model: Logical Disk 01 Rev: 1.00 | ||
+ | Type: Direct-Access | ||
+ | Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00 | ||
+ | Vendor: 3ware Model: Logical Disk 02 Rev: 1.00 | ||
+ | Type: Direct-Access | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Force tape location ==== | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | ==== /dev/st0 not ready ==== | ||
+ | Try to reset the library and drives from the front panel. | ||
==== Tape library commands ==== | ==== Tape library commands ==== | ||
* '' | * '' | ||
- | *'' | + | * '' |
===== Bootable USB recovery ===== | ===== Bootable USB recovery ===== | ||
http:// | http:// |