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Ultrium 215 External and Translation Error

 
Chris Meisinger
Occasional Advisor

Ultrium 215 External and Translation Error

I have an External Ultrium 215 using Backup Exec 8.5 on a Novell 5.1 HP LH3000 Netserver. When the drive was first installed I had no problems whatsoever. Lately I am getting Tape Translation errors on the Verify and now even before the Backup Starts. Nothing has been changed to cause this.

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks.
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Vincent Farrugia
Honored Contributor

Re: Ultrium 215 External and Translation Error

Hello,

You can always try to clean the heads using a cleaning tape. You have to do this once a month minimum. This of course depends on how much you use the tape drive.

Hope this helps.
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Chris Meisinger
Occasional Advisor

Re: Ultrium 215 External and Translation Error

I've tried that and still have problems. I did see a tech note on Novell's site that said HP suggests pluggin the unit into a regular outlet instead of the UPS apparently the power going to the tape drive will be low. I did this and last nights backup ended normal. Hopefully this is the answer.

Thanks for your response.
Vincent Farrugia
Honored Contributor

Re: Ultrium 215 External and Translation Error

Yes, maybe that could have been the issue.

Hope it stays that way.

Vince
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