[SOLVED] Labelling Tape with pool parameter fails

[cybersnake]

First of all, thank you for the PBS-Appliance. It offers many features that I have been missing in my environment.
During the testi with an old IBM TS3200 Library and two LTO4 drives connected via FC i stumbled upon an error while labeling tapes
Labelling with indication of the name fails with the following message:
root@skpbs1:~# proxmox-tape label --pool TS3200-pool1 --drive TS3200-1 --label-text 000084L4 Label media '000084L4' for pool 'TS3200-pool1' TASK ERROR: read position failed - Illegal Request, Additional sense: Invalid field in cdb

If i do not specify a pool, then the task is successful.
It seems that the tape drive cannot cope with the additional data and throws an SCSI-Error. I tried other names and shorter without success.

Do you have an idea how to fix this or is it a hardware problem? If so, is it possible to put an unassigned but labelled tape in a pool without relabelling it?

Thank you!

 

[dcsapak]

can you check if there is maybe a firmware upgrade available for your drive? i'll look for a source of this behaviour

 

[dcsapak]

also can you post the output of 'proxmox-tape status --drive TS3200-1' ?

 

[cybersnake]

I am having trouble finding a matching firmware. Every few month IBM restructures their website...
Currently i have the following firmware-levels:
Library: B90
Drive 1: A23D
Drive 2: A239

This is the status of drive TS3200-1

root@skpbs1:~# proxmox-tape status --drive TS3200-1
┌─────────────┬───────┐
│ Name       │ Value│
╞═════════════╪═══════╡
│ blocksize   │ 0   │
├─────────────┼───────┤
│ density     │ LTO4│
├─────────────┼───────┤
│ compression │ 1   │
├─────────────┼───────┤
│ buffer-mode │ 1   │
└─────────────┴───────┘

 

[cybersnake]

Okay, think i found it. The newest firmware from 2018 is F01. You need to have a IBM Account. There seems to be some sort of license restrictions.
BUT Lenovo still offers the wanted firmware IBM_3573_R_F_01_3_20e.fbi at https://support.lenovo.com/de/de/downloads/ds505056
Sadly its just an update for the library and not for the drives.

 

[dcsapak]

This is the status of drive TS3200-1

is that with a tape loaded? if no, can you load a tape and run it again?

 

[cybersnake]

Okay, thanks for your help It really was the firmware. It seems to work now. I found an update on the Lenovo site. Don't look for it at IBM, you need a maintenance contract there.
If anyone else has this problem, i downloaded the software at:
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/do...ive-microcode-c7qh-fh-legacy-for-ts3100ts3200

 

[dcsapak]

It seems to work now

great