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21. Logging and Troubleshooting Logs: /usr/share/SFS/logs/ (organized by year/month/job). Collect logs via Web UI Admin tab for vendor support. Common Sce...

22. Support and Contact Vendor: https://sfs-media.com/ Support: Contact vendor with collected logs and system details.

20. Best Practices and Tips Change all default passwords after deployment. Set hostname and IP per site policy. Keep BIOS/OS and drivers updated. Monitor ...

25. FAQ/Troubleshooting Matrix This section provides a brief overview of some of the issues you may encounter when running an SF Archive system. It details...

25.1 Common Issues Since most modern tape systems today use the IBM Linear Tape Filesystem, it is quite common for media to find issues. This is because an...

25.2 Linux SCSI Bus commands * Note use SF Archive commands before using basic Linux commands for troubleshooting. Binary Description Usage/Options...

25.3 Linux SCSI Bus Troubleshooting Identify the device: Use lsscsi or sg_scan to identify the device and its SCSI address. Check kernel messages: Use dm...

26. How SF Archive writes to LTO tape * SF Archive writes to Tape in LTFS Format. Tape Initialization Beginning-of-Tape (BOT) Marker: When a new tap...