and another thing is I tried doing smaller backups with no problem, but when
doing the bigger jobs it ejects. Also the data size is well in with the uncompressed
format..that is one tape is plenty big enough...still does it thou.

"David W" wrote:
>
>Having a problem running BE 8.5 revision 3571 When doing a backup it will
>always eject the tape after the backup is complete, then the verify tries
>to run and there is no tape in the drive for the job to finish, have tried
>configuring the job not to eject the tape but it still does the same thing.
>I have put on all the updates, and am now using BE tape drivers but still
>have the same problem. Oh I also just replaced the tape drive with a new
>one, new cable and tried with a new tape, but it is still doing it. Running
>it on NT Server 4.0 service pack 6a with a hp 4/8 dat drive.
>
>can you help?
>
>Thanks
>
>Dave W