Re: [Mtx-general] Problem with Dell PowerVault 128T Tape Library

[Eric L. G. <er...@ba...>]

On Tuesday 01 July 2003 06:43 am, Mikkel Gadegaard wrote:
> Now I have this problem that when I try using the command:
>
> (/dev/sg5 is the changer)
> mtx -f /dev/sg5 status
>
> I wait for ages and get the message:
>
> no Data Transfer Element reported.

What does 'tapeinfo -f /dev/sg5' report? It sounds to me that you might have a 
kernel without LUN support, and thus /dev/sg5 isn't what you think it is. 

> Funny thing is that I had no problem using the same tapedrive and the same
> version of mtx on my old machine (intel RH 8.0)

That's what makes it appear to me that it's a LUN issue and you're issuing te 
command to the wrong device. See the FAQ at http://mtx.badtux.net for more 
info. Also, the contents of /proc/scsi/scsi would be very helpful if there is 
not a LUN issue. 

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