[SunHELP] tape drive keep giving problem

[MUHAMED, Mohd. Khairul]

Thanks Joe,

The thing is it will go quiet not during or after a backup but when you
load a new one in the afternoon. Like it won't detect the newly loaded
tape. This happened after say 5-6 days of successful backup. The same
tape will work fine once you take it out and reinsert it, but of course to
take it out I would need to restart the server.

Do you still think it's the cable?

Thanks
khairul

-----Original Message-----
From: Fletcher, Joe [mailto:joe.fletcher at Metapack.com]
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 5:43 ptg
To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'
Subject: RE: [SunHELP] tape drive keep giving problem


I'd also be inclined to check cables and termination on the bus the drive is
attached to. 

Also (personal opionion only) I wouldn't do backups using a DAT or other
helican scan drive. DLT technology is generally more reliable though
unfortunately more expensive. 



-----Original Message-----
From: MUHAMED, Mohd. Khairul [mailto:khairul_muhamed at astro.com.my]
Sent: 27 December 2001 07:56
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject: [SunHELP] tape drive keep giving problem


Hello all.

I am using sun enterprise e450 and since we started the daily backup last
couple of months,
The DDS3 tape drive keeps hanging every now and then. Only a reboot would
detect the tape 
drive again for to ject it out. 

Of course this is most undesirable once the system is going live. This is
the 3rd tape drive 
being replaced by the vendor.

Anybody got similar problem?

regards
khairul
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