Large tape backups failing with mpt3sas_cm0: fault_state(0x2100)

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Tape backup using large files like 5-10GB or large backups of 5-10 TB of size are failing with below error.

[root@hostabc123 tmp]# tar -cvf /dev/st0 /large_Files
tar: Removing leading `/' from member names /large_Files
tar: /dev/st0: Cannot write: Input/output error
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5
  • kernel 3.10.0-862.11.6.el7.x86_64

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