Can't mount volume in tape - device offline

Trying to test my first backup and it hangs.
I tried to mount the device and receive the error "can't mount volume in tape - device offline"
Anyone knows how to fix it?
Tks,
Kev

Please post the output from the following :
obtool lsdev -lvg
Thanks
Rich

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Can't mount volume in obt1 - device offline

Hi,
I am trying to mount my tape volume in Manage: Drives, but keep getting the error:
can't mount volume in obt1 - device offline
OK, so the volume is offline, but my question is how can i get it online? Anyone have any ideas?
thx.
S.

The error device offline refers to the tape device not volume. When the device is "in service" it should be able to mount the volume.
In EM, go to the devices page. Insure that the library and drives have a status of "in service" which means the device is logically available to Oracle Secure Backup.

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i am having a setup for OSB ( using windows 2003 ent 32 bit , administrative server + mediaserver ) , i am using HP c1537a scsi Tape drive ( driver details Microsoft 10/1/2012 version 5.2.3790.0 ) , and while mounting the tape from OBTOLL it gives the following error.
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Can't mount volume

i've got a second hard drive and in doing some copying and the program coming to some error and crashing (no error reported, but it was while using Carbon Copy Cloner and after the copying was finished.
The disk was showing issues and Disk Repair in Disk Utility said it had a Volume Header error that it couldn't fix. when I have the drive in, I can't even boot up (even though it's not my startup drive) It just sits at a blank, gray screen (as if it's about to show the dark gray apple logo and spinning busy thing at the bottom, but it doesn't.
Sounds like this volume header error is causing the problem, but I dont have a clue on hwo to fix it, since I can't even mount the thing.
What if I was able to boot up with the drive's IDE and power plugged in, but the computer won't try to mount it. Instead, I'll mount it using diskutil at the command line. Maybe if I can mount the correct partition, it will 'ignore' the boot partition and I can get it mounted as a temp fix? I just don't know the /dev/xyz path
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Cannot mount volume - device offline

Hi everyone,
I am trying to setup OSB on a Linux box (CentOS).
I could configure the tape library and tape drives as explained in the installation/admin guide but could not get the tape volume mounted. It keeps giving the errors:
can't mount volume in tape1 - device offline
It seems that the volume is offline. How can we get it online?
The error log for the tape drive shows:
Oracle Secure Backup hardware error log for "tape1", version 1
QUANTUM DLT-S4, prom/firmware id 1414, serial number 236ER89482
Tue May 13, 2008 at 22:05:23.748 (IST) devtype: 15
obrobotd: core-ora:/dev/sg2, args to wst__exec: handle=0x1
accessed via host core-ora: Linux 2.6.9-42.ELsmp #1 SMP Tue Aug 15 10:35:26 BST 2006
op=18 (log_sense), buf=0x54b0b00, count=44 (0x2c), parm=0x3e0
cdb: 4D 00 3E 00 00 00 00 00 2C 00 log_sense, cnt=44, pc=0, page_code=0x3e
sense data:
70 00 05 00 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 24 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 48 00 00 00 00
ec=0, sk=ill req, asc=24, ascq=0
error is: illegal request
flags: (none)
returned status: code=illegal request,
resid=0 (0x0), checks=0x0 []
obtool user admin password oracle
ob> lsdev -lvg
lib1:
Device type: library
Model: [none]
Serial number: [none]
In service: yes
Debug mode: no
Barcode reader: yes
Barcodes required: yes
Auto clean: no
Clean interval: (not set)
Clean using emptiest: yes
Unload required: yes
Ejection type: auto
Min writable volumes: 0
UUID: 9ac064fe-01fb-102b-8a2e-0015175b4124
Attachment 1:
Host: core-ora
Raw device: /dev/sg1
Connection type: SCSI
Inquiry data:
Vendor: ADIC
Product: Scalar 24
Firmware: 0402
Serial number: ADICJaya
Element counts / addresses:
1 mte: 1
2 se : 4096 - 4097
0 iee
1 dte: 256
Moves:
From mte, to: mte 0 se 1 iee 0 dte 0
From se, to: mte 0 se 1 iee 0 dte 1
From iee, to: mte 0 se 0 iee 0 dte 0
From dte, to: mte 0 se 1 iee 0 dte 1
Ok_ops: move=1, reserve=1 sense_dev=1, sense_ele=1, unload_any=1, sense_dev_range=1
Device characteristics: two_d=0, is_120=0, fake_mte=0, fake_iee=0, one_target=0
State of barcode reader: present
Display: none
Dte 1: target * lun * name tape1 (raw device name /dev/sg2)
Warning: bus info unknown or drive not installed
tape1:
Device type: tape
Model: [none]
Serial number: [none]
In service: yes
Library: lib1
DTE: 1
Automount: yes
Error rate: 8
Query frequency: 1024KB (1048576 bytes) (from driver)
Debug mode: no
Blocking factor: (default)
Max blocking factor: (default)
Current tape: 1
Use list: all
Drive usage: none
Cleaning required: no
UUID: 371b7330-ffe9-102a-8a2e-0015175b4124
Attachment 1:
Host: core-ora
Raw device: /dev/sg2
Connection type: SCSI
Inquiry data:
Vendor: QUANTUM
Product: DLT-S4
Firmware: 1414
Serial number: 236ER89482
Tape state: online
Hardware compression: on
Last read was: uncompressed
Maximum block size: 1048576
Remaining tape: 73728 (uncompressed) blocks (75.50MB
Looking for comments/suggestions.
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I created a file system backup job. The backup job is pending with the status "pending resource availability".
ob> lsjob all long
7:
Type: dataset Dataset1
Level: full
Family: MediaFamily1
Encryption: off
Scheduled time: 05/15.14:00
State: processed; host backup(s) scheduled
Priority: 0
Privileged op: no
Run on host: (administrative server)
Attempts: 1
7.1:
Type: backup core-ora
Level: full
Family: MediaFamily1
Encryption: off
Scheduled time: 05/15.14:00
State: pending resource availability
Priority: 0
Privileged op: no
Run on host: core-ora
Attempts: 0
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Error: unable to open transcript for 7 - No such file or directory
Error: unable to open transcript for 7.1 - No such file or directory
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ob> lsvol library lib1 long
Inventory of library lib1:
in mte: vacant
in 1: barcode JK1112, oid 100
in 2: barcode JK1111, oid 101
in 3: barcode JK1113, oid 102
in 4: vacant
in 5: vacant
in dte: vacant
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Error: can't execute command - drive didn't come online; check configuration/hardware
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[root@core-ora lib1]# pwd
/usr/local/oracle/backup/admin/log/device/lib1
[root@core-ora lib1]# tail -f obrobotd
2008/05/15.14:53:05 ***0 wst__dev_state...
2008/05/15.14:53:05 ***0 wst__exec: op=0 (nop), buf=0x0, count=1 (0x1), parm=0x0
2008/05/15.14:53:05 ioctl_op=0x3, to=300, datalen=0x0, buf=0x0, cdb: 00 00 00 00 00 00 tur
2008/05/15.14:53:05 ***0 wst__exec: rval=0, status.code/resid/checks=0x0/0x0/0x0
2008/05/15.14:53:05 ***0 wst__dev_state: no sense, status 0x0
2008/05/15.14:53:05 ***0 wst__exec: op=2 (sense), buf=0x54a970, count=32 (0x20), parm=0x0
2008/05/15.14:53:05 ioctl_op=0x5, to=30, datalen=0x20, buf=0x54a970, cdb: 03 00 00 00 20 00 sense, cnt=32
2008/05/15.14:53:05 ***0 wst__exec: rval=0, status.code/resid/checks=0x0/0x0/0x0
2008/05/15.14:53:05 ***0 wst__get_sense(int) cmd = 0, sense data:
2008/05/15.14:53:05 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C 00 80 00 00 00 00
ec=0, sk=no sense, asc=0, ascq=0, rem=0x30020000 (805437440)
flags: (none)
2008/05/15.14:53:05 ***0 wst__exec: op=7 (readpos), buf=0x7fbfffe1d0, count=20 (0x14), parm=0x0
2008/05/15.14:53:05 ioctl_op=0x5, to=180, datalen=0x14, buf=0x54aa78, cdb: 34 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 read_pos
2008/05/15.14:53:05 ***0 wst__exec, raw position: B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00
2008/05/15.14:53:05 ***0 wst__exec: rval=0, status.code/resid/checks=0x0/0x10/0x0
2008/05/15.14:53:05 ***0 wst__exec: op=18 (log_sense), buf=0x54a9f0, count=44 (0x2c), parm=0x3e
2008/05/15.14:53:05 ioctl_op=0x5, to=180, datalen=0x2c, buf=0x54a9f0, cdb: 4D 00 3E 00 00 00 00 00 2C 00 log_sense, cnt=44, pc=0, page_code=0x3e
2008/05/15.14:53:05 ***0 wst__exec: op=2 (sense), buf=0x54a970, count=32 (0x20), parm=0x0
2008/05/15.14:53:05 ioctl_op=0x5, to=30, datalen=0x20, buf=0x54a970, cdb: 03 00 00 00 20 00 sense, cnt=32
2008/05/15.14:53:05 ***0 wst__exec: rval=0, status.code/resid/checks=0x0/0x0/0x0
2008/05/15.14:53:05 ***0 wst__get_sense(int) cmd = 4D, sense data:
2008/05/15.14:53:05 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 24 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C 00 80 00 00 00 00
ec=0, sk=ill req, asc=24, ascq=0, rem=0x30020000 (805437440)
error is: illegal request (OB scsi device driver)
flags: (none)
2008/05/15.14:53:05 ***0 wst__exec: rval=-1, status.code/resid/checks=0x20008113/0x0/0x0
2008/05/15.14:53:05 ***0 wst__dev_state: state=0x1 (online, not at bot)
2008/05/15.14:53:05 ***0 wst__wait: from dev_state: state=0x1, code=0x0
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Let's take one more shot before we admit defeat...
Go to Users/yourname/Library/Preferences
com.apple.finder.plist
com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
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Now I cannot connect the tape drive at all as I cannot create /dev/rmt/0n.
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This is a hack, but you can try to use xtool to close the windows. I place the following script in my login items. You may want to put in a delay of some sort.
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I use iKey to remap the keys. It has a little more function then youpi key. For many years, I used youpi key before switching to iKey.
You might like iKey/youpi key. I have my frequently used applications set to f keys. The same f key starts an application and switches to the application.
Youpi key is free. It works fairly well for me in MAC OS 10.4 although not officially supported. There is a commercial version you can buy, called iKey.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11485&vid=75326
This applescript could use some clean up. I do not think you need the first two lines.
do shell script "/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType | grep 'Resolution'" -- get info
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--move mouse {DisplayWidth div 2, DisplayHeight div 2} -- center mouse
move mouse {670, 13} --sound
click mouse
move mouse {673, 96} --sound level
click mouse
move mouse {555, 282} -- center mouse
click mouse
  First, there is the XTools scripting addition, which will give AppleScript the ability to move the mouse.
  http://www.lestang.org/osax/XTool/
  XTool-2.0-src.dmg.tgz
  Installation :
  Drag XTool.osax from insite the image to one of the following locations (create the directory if it does not exist) :
  a : ~/Library/ScriptingAdditions/
  b : /Library/ScriptingAdditions/
  c : /System/Library/ScriptingAdditions/
  I have it in directory /System/Library/ScriptingAdditions/
  My other two directories do not exit: ~/Library/ScriptingAdditions/ &
     /Library/ScriptingAdditions/
.    Next, you will need to place a script application into your login items (System Preferences > Accounts > Login Items) that will move the mouse when you log in:
This script will give you the location of the pointer. I assigned it to a function key with iKey. So, place the cursor of the x then press the function key to get where you need to click.
do shell script "/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType | grep 'Resolution'" -- get info
tell the result to set {DisplayWidth, DisplayHeight} to {word 2, word 4} -- get resolution
set {xWidth, yHeight} to position of the mouse
display dialog ¬
  "DisplayWidth= " & DisplayWidth & ¬
  " DisplayHeight=" & DisplayHeight & return & ¬
  " xWidth=" & xWidth & ¬
  " yHeight=" & yHeight
--move mouse {DisplayWidth div 2, DisplayHeight div 2} -- center mouse
You could try sending command + w to the finder. You can get the idea ... See this example, some work needed by reader!!!:
on open dropped_items
  -- Write a message into the event log.
  log " --- Starting on " & ((current date) as string) & " --- "
  -- set see to alias "Macintosh-HD:Users:mac:Desktop:app.html"
  -- set dropped_items to {see}
  set the_app to "Safari"
  repeat with dropped_item_ref in dropped_items
     --set UrlBase to "xzzx FILE://" & POSIX path of dropped_item_ref
     --display dialog UrlBase
     -- Activate
     activate application the_app
     -- Open the URL
     tell application the_app
        open dropped_item_ref
        -- print dropped_item_ref
        tell application "System Events"
           tell process the_app
              delay 3
              -- click menu item "Print..." of menu "File" of menu bar 1
              keystroke "p" using command down
              delay 1
              keystroke return
              delay 10
              keystroke "w" using command down
           end tell
        end tell
        --quit
     end tell
  end repeat
end open
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