Have you tried the Direct point-to-point connection Tape <==> server ?

That is, without going through the SAN switch.

You must discard the ZONE configuration on the SAN switch.

This error ERR=Input/output error has only occurred to me when the Drive
(by license) is Read Only. It happened to me with a Drive from an ORACLE
robot.

Or when the tape is damaged.



On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 5:43 PM Heitor Faria <hei...@bacula.com.br> wrote:

> Dear Bacula Users,
>
>
>
> I wonder if someone had faced a similar problem that have been haunting me
> for weeks and I found no exact similar case on the internet.
>
> This partitioned tape library with two drivers for the Bacula machine
> cannot perform a weof diretcly:
>
>
>
> [root@localhost Device]# mt -f /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-35005076044064c01-nst
> weof
> /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-35005076044064c01-nst: Input/output error
> mt: The tape is write-protected.
>
>
>
> And the dmesg displays the error:
>
>
>
> [Thu Apr 18 17:32:01 2024] st 14:0:0:0: [st0] Sense Key : Data Protect
> [current]
> [Thu Apr 18 17:32:01 2024] st 14:0:0:0: [st0] Add. Sense: Operator
> selected write protect
>
>
>
> However, if we do an eod before weof, it displays no error.
>
>
>
> [root@localhost Device]# mt -f /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-35005076044064c01-nst
> eod
> [root@localhost Device]# mt -f /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-35005076044064c01-nst
> weof
>
>
>
> But still, I cannot use the tape with Bacula, or test it with btape:
>
>
>
> [root@localhost Device]# /opt/bacula/bin/btape
>  /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-35005076044064c01-nst
> Tape block granularity is 1024 bytes.
> btape: butil.c:296-0 Using device:
> "/dev/tape/by-id/scsi-35005076044064c01-nst" for writing.
> btape: btape.c:475-0 open device "Drive-0"
> (/dev/tape/by-id/scsi-35005076044064c01-nst): OK
> *label
> Enter Volume Name: test
> btape: block.c:301-0 [SE0201] Write error at 0:0 on device "Drive-0"
> (/dev/tape/by-id/scsi-35005076044064c01-nst) Vol=test. ERR=Input/output
> error.
> 18-Apr 17:39 btape JobId 0: Error: block.c:301 [SE0201] Write error at 0:0
> on device "Drive-0" (/dev/tape/by-id/scsi-35005076044064c01-nst) Vol=test.
> ERR=Input/output error.
>
>
>
> And the same dmesg Data Protect message appears.
>
> The curious thing is we are able to write and restore some files using tar
> using the same drive, but only if we manually move the tape:
>
>
>
> [root@localhost Device]# tar cvf
> /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-35005076044064c01-nst /etc/resolv.conf
> tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
> /etc/resolv.conf
> [root@localhost Device]# tar tvf
> /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-35005076044064c01-nst
> tar: This does not look like a tar archive
> tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
> [root@localhost Device]# mt -f /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-35005076044064c01-nst
> bsf 2
> [root@localhost Device]# mt -f /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-35005076044064c01-nst
> fsf
> [root@localhost Device]# tar tvf
> /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-35005076044064c01-nst
> -rw-r--r-- root/root        74 2024-04-18 16:24 etc/resolv.conf
>
>
>
> mt status as follows:
>
>
>
> [root@localhost Device]# mt -f /dev/tape/by-id/scsi-35005076044064c01-nst
> status
> SCSI 2 tape drive:
> File number=20, block number=1, partition=0.
> Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x5c (LTO-7).
> Soft error count since last status=0
> General status bits on (1010000):
>  ONLINE IM_REP_EN
>
>
>
> The tapes are new, LTO7 such as the drive, the red read-only physical tape
> switches are open, no encryption is used by the drivers.
>
> We already tried two different OSes with the same behavior. Ubuntu and
> Rocky Linux.
>
> There are no relevant tape library error logs.
>
> Any hints?
>
>
>
> Rgds.
>
> MSc,MBA Heitor Faria (Miami/USA)
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