[nzlug] /dev/st0 - device or resource busy

[Scott Newton]

We currently have a tape device which is completely locked up under SUSE Linux 
Enterprise Server 9.3 and no matter what we do it is given the error in the 
subject line.

I've tried fuser /dev/st0 and kill -15 and kill -9 on the pid of the process 
holding the device. I've also tried sg_reset -b and -d on /dev/st0 but all of 
these give device or resource busy error messages.

Does anyone know of way to reset a scsi tape device without doing a reboot?

Thanks.

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Scott Newton | R&D Solution Specialist | Integral Technology Group Ltd
95 Ascot Ave, Greenlane | PO Box 302313, North Harbour, North Shore City 0751
DDI 09 302 3788 | Fax 09 477 0478 | www.integralgroup.co.nz

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