During a backup job the drive fails to write to tape with the following reported in the binary log:
Error 2012/09/18 10:43:26 591 Media BACKUPSERVER BACKUPSERVER 3-0.4.0 (HP Ultrium 4-SCSI): had media error
The job fails and the tape is marked with read only to prevents damage ot it.
The log context reveals that there a hardware issue:
SCSI :04040 25 0 94326 CMD WRITE [ 0a 01 00 00 01 00 ]
SCSI :04040 17 0 94326 CMD SENSE KEY 'ABORTED COMMAND ' [b] - ASC 47 ASCQ 01
SCSI :04040 18 0 94326 CMD SENSE INFO 'DATA PHASE CRC ERROR DETECTED'
TAPESCSI:04040 85 0 94326 Unexpected error writing to media
MEDWRITE:04040 183 1 94326 Device write data out: FAILED
Try the following:
1- Make sure no job is running, wait for the job to finish or abort them
2- Shutdown the library and the backup server or smart client where the library is attached to.
3- Turn back on the library and wait for it to initialise properly. Give it five to ten minutes.
4- Turn back on the Netvault backup or the smart client.
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