Virtual TapeServer 8.3 Configuration Guide

Troubleshooting | 189
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Possible Cause(s) Corrective Action(s)
l Check cabling
6 Could not rewind tape after copy
l Make sure tape drive is on
and properly configured
l Check cabling
7 Could not issue SCSI write command,
possible because of too much data
for physical tape
l Use larger tape or less data
l Verify configuration
l Check cabling
8 SCSI write command failed
Too much data for physical tape
l Use larger tape or less data
l Verify configuration
l Check cabling.
254 Incorrect file ownership Change ownership to bill.bill
Scan/Cleanup log files
While the Scan/Cleanup is running, a log file is created in /usr/local/tape/log. The file is named
erasebylist.date.log, such as erasebylist.12Mar06.log. The format of the information written to the
file is as follows:
02Mar05 14:41:factory:erase-by-list
Wed, 02 Mar 2005 14:41:25 -0800
/VAULT00/BILL/Q00001 erased
/VAULT00/BILL/Q00002 erased
/VAULT00/BILL/Q00003 erased
Total Freed: 0
Total Erased: 3
Total Errors: 0
If the freed space is negative, a virtual tape that had no metadata associated with it was erased and
the metadata was added. Thus, the virtual tape disk file size actually increased slightly. Typically,
you would erase a virtual tape that was never written or erased.
The log files are created as needed on a daily basis and are relatively small.