On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 08:55:54AM -0700, warley wrote:
> Hi guys!
> 
> Sometimes the mtx gives some errors, like this one:
> 
> root@server1:~# mtx -f /dev/sg2 status
>   Storage Changer /dev/sg2:1 Drives, 8 Slots ( 0 Import/Export )
> Data Transfer Element 0:Empty
>       Storage Element 1:Full :VolumeTag=000001L5
>       Storage Element 2:Full :VolumeTag=000002L5
>       Storage Element 3:Full :VolumeTag=000003L5
>       Storage Element 4:Full :VolumeTag=000004L5
>       Storage Element 5:Full :VolumeTag=000005L5
>       Storage Element 6:Full :VolumeTag=000006L5
>       Storage Element 7:Full :VolumeTag=000007L5
>       Storage Element 8:Full :VolumeTag=000008L5

Sometimes it helps to take the tape drive offline first (provided your
tape drive is idle at that time): 

mt /dev/st0 offline 

then retry the mtx command. 

HTH Uwe 


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