[comp.sys.hp] SCSI patch for HP-UX 7.0

curt@oce.orst.edu (Curt Vandetta) (10/18/90)

   Hello folks,

   I hate to waste band width, but I saw that someone posted the 
   part numbers for a SCSI patch under HP-UX 7.0.  I wrote them
   down, but know I've lost them.  Could someone please send them
   to me?  

   I have an HP 9000/370 running HP-UX 7.0, it has 1 SCSI optical
   drive and 1 SCSI optical jukebox (autochanger) that takes 2 
   SCSI address.  I've been having problems with the jukebox
   losing mounts.  If I do something really intensive to a mounted
   platter on the jukebox (like compress *, with about 200M of files
   to be compessed) I get "device busy" errors, then ls can't find
   . and so on.  All I can do is unmount the platter and remount it.
   But I never get the compress to finish.  Also after the "device
   busy" error, fsck usually always finds bad cylinders.

   Thanks for the help.
   Curt
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  Curt Vandetta				College of Oceanography
  curt@oce.orst.edu			Oregon State University

rjn@hpfcso.HP.COM (Bob Niland) (10/20/90)

re: > curt@oce.orst.edu (Curt Vandetta) writes...

>  I hate to waste band width, but I saw that someone posted the 
>  part numbers for a SCSI patch under HP-UX 7.0.  I wrote them
>  down, but know I've lost them.  Could someone please send them to me?  

Although there are HP part numbers for the tape (5010-0574) and the
documentation (5960-0181), these are used for internal purposes only, and
are not orderable.  These materials are being shipped with current C2212/13A
disc drives and upgrade kits.

You can obtain the patch electronically from your local HP support
representative, or, if you have support services, from the Response Center.
Ask for patch "S300/7.0/p107".  If neither of thse avenues are available to
you, let me know and we can make alternate arrangements.

>  I have an HP 9000/370 running HP-UX 7.0, it has 1 SCSI optical
>  drive and 1 SCSI optical jukebox (autochanger) that takes 2 
>  SCSI address. 

Actually, it takes 3 addresses.  I hope you haven't configured two devices
on the same address.  The results could easily include the problems you
report.

> ...fsck usually always finds bad cylinders.

Against the possibility that you are seeing actual media errors, another
snippet of code you might like to have is an on-line sparing routine for
physical blocks.  Ask your rep for a copy of "scsi_spare".  It is supplied
as source code.  If the rep doesn't have a copy, I can supply it.

I could just email all this to you, but we in the factory don't like to send
patches directly to customers without at least advising the account SE or
CE, and I don't know who that is.

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