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OnStream Drive ejects tape during Backup

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by fraz

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I recently inherrited a Win2k network.
The first few weeks all was well, but suddenly the OnStream backup-tape seems to be ejected during the backup (with ntbackup). The result is that in the morning ntbackup is still displaying all kinds of errormessages and I have to kill the program.
The log-file looks like it's just cut in half and ends in the middle of an entry.
There is no helpful event in the system- or applicationlog, except that I terminated the backup program.

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by the dreamer

Hi Dude!

It might be a good idea to take a look at your System log and filter for errors only. Look for event ids 7, 9, 11 and 15.

You are looking for errors reported by the the tape driver or the SCSI drivers. If you find errors reported by your tape device driver, consider updating the tape drivers and/or checking for bad tapes. It could also be that the tape device is becoming defective. If you get errors from your SCSI Controller driver, then you should consider updating that driver. There is also a possibility of a defective controller. These things are never straightforward to troubleshoot, you will need to go by a process of eliminate on the basis of what you see in your system log. It is usually a good idea to start by replacing the drivers before getting new hardware!

Good luck, buddy!

by fraz

Hmm, seemed that someone added some harddisk-images in a directory that was being backed-up. The tape didn't have that much space and thus was ejected.

Seems like a logical response... Only strange that i can't find that in any log-file or error message...

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