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тАО11-18-2007 10:50 PM
тАО11-18-2007 10:50 PM
Data Protector Express 3.1 Sp4 inconsistent results
Backing up approx 200 GB of data we should get two weeks backups on one full backup tape. However after setting the option to "overwrite" then append we get one clean run before everything freezes.
The only way to get the system to run without manual interferance appears to be setting to "overwrite" again.
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тАО11-20-2007 04:48 AM
тАО11-20-2007 04:48 AM
Re: Data Protector Express 3.1 Sp4 inconsistent results
First, I'd recommend upgrading to the latest release of Data Protector Express. Version 3.5 SP2 was posted to the evaluation software site today and the upgrade files should show up some time this week. You can always use the full eval copy to upgrade. When the install program runs just select the upgrade option instead.
The files are available at http://hp.com/go/dataprotectorexpress.
After you upgrade to Ver. 3.5 SP2, you might want to try out a new tape rotation scheme called "Daily Append." This will give you a full backup once a week with daily incremental backups appended to the same tape. You can set the number of weeks you want to maintain. With a 1/8 autoloader you could run for 8 weeks without having to worry about changing tapes.
See the attached screenshot.
DL
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тАО11-20-2007 07:45 PM
тАО11-20-2007 07:45 PM
Re: Data Protector Express 3.1 Sp4 inconsistent results
I'll certainly look at the new version.
It seems to be more basic than that, to do with the catalogue,and not finding the tapes in the right place.
The problem is difficult to pin down as the backup job stops at somewhere between 80 - 99% complete.
You are left with no option but to stop it.
The joblog then says operator cancelled!
Hope the new version clears it up.
Regards
Andy
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тАО11-21-2007 06:11 AM
тАО11-21-2007 06:11 AM
Re: Data Protector Express 3.1 Sp4 inconsistent results
If you do a quick search of this forum you will see that advice repeated over and over - don't put your SCSI tape on your SCSI RAID card.
The result is usually drops and hangs.
DL
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тАО11-22-2007 03:34 AM
тАО11-22-2007 03:34 AM
Re: Data Protector Express 3.1 Sp4 inconsistent results
The tape drive is running on a different SCSI card to the disks, different make and model.
I have updated the driver, and the tape test tools and am trying to run the tools but it is having problems with the load tape section! Everything else seems to be reporting OK. When it does the Library test of the 8 slots there are no problems reported.
Initial report attached.
The drive performance fails with a tape load problem with all slots full ?
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тАО11-22-2007 04:06 AM
тАО11-22-2007 04:06 AM
Re: Data Protector Express 3.1 Sp4 inconsistent results
In case it helps attached is the results from latest version of the test tools v4.4
Regards
Andy
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тАО11-26-2007 07:08 AM
тАО11-26-2007 07:08 AM
Re: Data Protector Express 3.1 Sp4 inconsistent results
Thanks for providing the support ticket. Can you also provide us with the LTT Eventlog file?
It's called "EventLog.ltt", and it is the folder C:\Program Files\HP StorageWorks Library and Tape Tools\logs.
That assumes the test was run the last time you ran LTT. If you had run it again after that, then zip all the EventLog files in that folder including those with "backup" in the name.
This will allow us to determine why the load tape section of the test is failing.
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тАО11-27-2007 07:21 PM
тАО11-27-2007 07:21 PM
Re: Data Protector Express 3.1 Sp4 inconsistent results
Sorry for the delay, as usual life got in the way.
Please find attached the logs that you asked for, I hopes that this helps in tracking something down.
There are a full selection here as I ran the test a few times, if you need it run again just ask.
Best Regards
Andy Browne
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тАО11-27-2007 07:31 PM
тАО11-27-2007 07:31 PM
Re: Data Protector Express 3.1 Sp4 inconsistent results
The next set of log files!
Regards
Andy
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тАО12-03-2007 01:29 PM
тАО12-03-2007 01:29 PM
Re: Data Protector Express 3.1 Sp4 inconsistent results
Could you email them to ltt.team@hp.com instead?