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тАО10-09-2004 12:49 AM
тАО10-09-2004 12:49 AM
Formatting an HP SDLTtape
I've got a 220-320GB HP SDLTtape which when i try to load in the DLT drive give me an invalid media error. Even on rebooting the terminal, I am not able to load the same.
Is there any way I could perhaps format the tape ?
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тАО10-09-2004 01:13 AM
тАО10-09-2004 01:13 AM
Re: Formatting an HP SDLTtape
For test I suggest you to run L&TT and try some test on the cartridge, there is also a write test, then, if the error is still there please collect a support ticket with still the cartridge inside the drive and attach it here for further analysis
Marino
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тАО10-10-2004 12:34 PM
тАО10-10-2004 12:34 PM
Re: Formatting an HP SDLTtape
Also, I have found that more often than not, DLT tapes will not read in my SDLT drive.
Some will read the label ok then fail to access any further data, some will notify as "bad tape" right from the initial cartridge load/scan and most of the others will actually read some data before failing. Only a very few will successfully read the full session without error.
While there are theoretically backward compatibilities, it is probably best to not mix formats if at all possible, and also to keep all the different format tape drives that you have used in the past to make backups, as there is a distinct possibility that when you need to retrieve some old data the drive that originally wrote that tape is the only one that will read it now.
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тАО10-10-2004 04:58 PM
тАО10-10-2004 04:58 PM
Re: Formatting an HP SDLTtape
Marino, how do i get a support ticket. Basically wat is the process for getting one. I however will run a diagnosis with L&TT and check the output of the same.
Cameron, its not a blank/new media. I have previously been able to backup data onto the media. Only off late has it been giving me this error.
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тАО10-10-2004 05:04 PM
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Re: Formatting an HP SDLTtape
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тАО10-10-2004 05:13 PM
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тАО10-10-2004 05:15 PM
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тАО10-10-2004 05:26 PM
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тАО10-10-2004 05:39 PM
тАО10-10-2004 05:39 PM
Re: Formatting an HP SDLTtape
(I have ARCserve on NetWare to do all those sort of tasks, not Windows)
If you don't need to retrieve data off this tape then there is certainly no harm in trying to erase the label and/or do any level of reformatting of the tape contents (quick or full).
I'm not sure I'd want to trust the integrity of the tape contents hereafter though, even if it does reformat without error.
Have you tried the HP L&TT?
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тАО10-10-2004 05:48 PM
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