Can't allocate 2097152 byte tape buffer
Issue
- Tape paths keep going down on server. Below errors in the messages file.
[root@host]# sudo grep -i "can't allocate" /var/log/messages | tail -20
Feb 25 03:36:59 imldl58001 kernel: st9: Can't allocate 2097152 byte tape buffer.
Feb 25 04:47:57 imldl58001 kernel: st9: Can't allocate 2097152 byte tape buffer.
Feb 25 05:01:46 imldl58001 kernel: st9: Can't allocate 2097152 byte tape buffer.
Feb 25 05:06:21 imldl58001 kernel: st9: Can't allocate 2097152 byte tape buffer.
Feb 25 08:42:56 imldl58001 kernel: st1: Can't allocate 2097152 byte tape buffer.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- st tape driver
- lpfc fibre driver
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