error writing to tape device

[danny ramos_2]

hi guys,

the problem that im experiencing right now is kinda estrange. i have a k250 box, for a long time i've been using the dds3 tape drive and dds3 (sony) cartridges for backup (using a script with informix' onunload backup). just recently i encountered an error (error no = 5). using tar i was able to read and write from the dds3 drive using hp dds2 tape. not having enough dds2 tapes i then use hp dds1 which brought about the message "error writing to tape device error no. = 28" what does this mean?

my suspiscion was i have a defective drive. so i replace it with my spare dds2 drive. i then perform a backup using hp dds1 tape, i was able to perform a succesful backup for small data (note: this is also true using dds3 drive and hp dds1 tape) but for larger data when it is supposed to ask for the next tape, again, i encounter error no = 28 "error writing to tape device". today i am performing a backup using hp dds2 tape on the dds2 drive, and so far i was able to go to the next tape and still backing up....can i have your ideas on what is possibly wrong with my system? could it be a patch?

regards,

danny

[danny ramos_2]

guys..the backup just finished and it is successful. note that i used dds2 drive and hp dds2 tape here. what could possibly wrong with dds3 drive?

again, i would like to reitterate that i was able to perform successful backups before using this drive and sony dds3 cartridges. is this normal?

regards,

danny

[harry d brown jr]

A DDS3 tape drive can READ a DDS1, but NOT write.

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[harry d brown jr]

I dug a little more, and Stefan Farrelly has a way to do so:

http://bizforums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x9586663ce855d511abcd0090277a778c,00.html


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