try another tape, maybe that will work.
"Leland Albro" wrote in message
news:3cccbee1$1@hronntp01....
> I have a Compaq Proliant 1600 with an internal Compaq AIT 50 tape drive
> connected to the interal scsi controller.
>
> I have BackupExec 8.5 installed and patch to the latest patch off of
> Veritas's website.
>
> Here's my problem:
>
> When the job starts to run it will backup about 300mb to the tape and then
> it errors out, saying a bad tape or dirty tape drive.
>
> I have run a cleaning tape in the drive 5 times. I have called Compaq and
> troubleshot the drive using TSMC and the drive passes all tests.
>
> What would be causes the jobs to fail every time????????
> --
> -- Leland
>
>

I have tried 5 different tapes and none of them worked.

Also, once I get that message the tape won't eject out of the drive until I
totally shutdown the server and reboot it.

"amyb" wrote in message news:3ccd496b$1@hronntp01....
> try another tape, maybe that will work.
> "Leland Albro" wrote in message
> news:3cccbee1$1@hronntp01....
> > I have a Compaq Proliant 1600 with an internal Compaq AIT 50 tape drive
> > connected to the interal scsi controller.
> >
> > I have BackupExec 8.5 installed and patch to the latest patch off of
> > Veritas's website.
> >
> > Here's my problem:
> >
> > When the job starts to run it will backup about 300mb to the tape and
then
> > it errors out, saying a bad tape or dirty tape drive.
> >
> > I have run a cleaning tape in the drive 5 times. I have called Compaq
and
> > troubleshot the drive using TSMC and the drive passes all tests.
> >
> > What would be causes the jobs to fail every time????????
> > --
> > -- Leland
> >
> >
>
>

Yikes. Is everything updated (drivers etc)?
When did this start occurring? Before you updated 8.5?
"Leland" wrote in message
news:3ccd5570$1@hronntp01....
> I have tried 5 different tapes and none of them worked.
>
> Also, once I get that message the tape won't eject out of the drive until
I
> totally shutdown the server and reboot it.
>
> "amyb" wrote in message
news:3ccd496b$1@hronntp01....
> > try another tape, maybe that will work.
> > "Leland Albro" wrote in message
> > news:3cccbee1$1@hronntp01....
> > > I have a Compaq Proliant 1600 with an internal Compaq AIT 50 tape
drive
> > > connected to the interal scsi controller.
> > >
> > > I have BackupExec 8.5 installed and patch to the latest patch off of
> > > Veritas's website.
> > >
> > > Here's my problem:
> > >
> > > When the job starts to run it will backup about 300mb to the tape and
> then
> > > it errors out, saying a bad tape or dirty tape drive.
> > >
> > > I have run a cleaning tape in the drive 5 times. I have called Compaq
> and
> > > troubleshot the drive using TSMC and the drive passes all tests.
> > >
> > > What would be causes the jobs to fail every time????????
> > > --
> > > -- Leland
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

That is what I am thinking.......I have done a firmware update on the tape
drive, updated the bios on the server, applied the latest Compaq driver
updates, applied the latest install build from Veritas.

The strange thing is that it appears to backup the first 300mb fine....but
then errors out and I have to restart the server.

This has never worked. I have talked with an Veritas engineer who said it
was a hardware issue. Compaq said that since it passed their tests then it
was a software issue.

Is there anything else I can try?


"amyb" wrote in message news:3ccd759d$1@hronntp01....
> Yikes. Is everything updated (drivers etc)?
> When did this start occurring? Before you updated 8.5?
> "Leland" wrote in message
> news:3ccd5570$1@hronntp01....
> > I have tried 5 different tapes and none of them worked.
> >
> > Also, once I get that message the tape won't eject out of the drive
until
> I
> > totally shutdown the server and reboot it.
> >
> > "amyb" wrote in message
> news:3ccd496b$1@hronntp01....
> > > try another tape, maybe that will work.
> > > "Leland Albro" wrote in message
> > > news:3cccbee1$1@hronntp01....
> > > > I have a Compaq Proliant 1600 with an internal Compaq AIT 50 tape
> drive
> > > > connected to the interal scsi controller.
> > > >
> > > > I have BackupExec 8.5 installed and patch to the latest patch off of
> > > > Veritas's website.
> > > >
> > > > Here's my problem:
> > > >
> > > > When the job starts to run it will backup about 300mb to the tape
and
> > then
> > > > it errors out, saying a bad tape or dirty tape drive.
> > > >
> > > > I have run a cleaning tape in the drive 5 times. I have called
Compaq
> > and
> > > > troubleshot the drive using TSMC and the drive passes all tests.
> > > >
> > > > What would be causes the jobs to fail every time????????
> > > > --
> > > > -- Leland
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

I've had similar problems, this usually works. Unload BE (bestop at
console). Delete everything out of the SYS:\BKUPEXEC\PM directory and
load BE (bestart at console).

Leland wrote:

> That is what I am thinking.......I have done a firmware update on the tape
> drive, updated the bios on the server, applied the latest Compaq driver
> updates, applied the latest install build from Veritas.
>
> The strange thing is that it appears to backup the first 300mb fine....but
> then errors out and I have to restart the server.
>
> This has never worked. I have talked with an Veritas engineer who said it
> was a hardware issue. Compaq said that since it passed their tests then it
> was a software issue.
>
> Is there anything else I can try?
>
>
> "amyb" wrote in message news:3ccd759d$1@hronntp01....
>
>>Yikes. Is everything updated (drivers etc)?
>>When did this start occurring? Before you updated 8.5?
>>"Leland" wrote in message
>>news:3ccd5570$1@hronntp01....
>>
>>>I have tried 5 different tapes and none of them worked.
>>>
>>>Also, once I get that message the tape won't eject out of the drive
>>>
> until
>
>>I
>>
>>>totally shutdown the server and reboot it.
>>>
>>>"amyb" wrote in message
>>>
>>news:3ccd496b$1@hronntp01....
>>
>>>>try another tape, maybe that will work.
>>>>"Leland Albro" wrote in message
>>>>news:3cccbee1$1@hronntp01....
>>>>
>>>>>I have a Compaq Proliant 1600 with an internal Compaq AIT 50 tape
>>>>>
>>drive
>>
>>>>>connected to the interal scsi controller.
>>>>>
>>>>>I have BackupExec 8.5 installed and patch to the latest patch off of
>>>>>Veritas's website.
>>>>>
>>>>>Here's my problem:
>>>>>
>>>>>When the job starts to run it will backup about 300mb to the tape
>>>>>
> and
>
>>>then
>>>
>>>>>it errors out, saying a bad tape or dirty tape drive.
>>>>>
>>>>>I have run a cleaning tape in the drive 5 times. I have called
>>>>>
> Compaq
>
>>>and
>>>
>>>>>troubleshot the drive using TSMC and the drive passes all tests.
>>>>>
>>>>>What would be causes the jobs to fail every time????????
>>>>>--
>>>>>-- Leland
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
>