HP-DDS4 Tape Drive

[megs]

hi,
My HP-DDS4 tape drive installed in HP-UX server , reads only approx 2 gb data,
and after that it gives some cpio :I/O error,
what could be the reason?

[Torsten.]

Hi,

the reason could be a bad tape.

[megs]

thanx,
but for all tapes it gives the same error,
is there any drive problem or something else?
pls tell me.........

[CA1230266]

Hello,

Do you use a Cleaning Tape?
How old is the Drive?
How many data is already Processed with this Drive?

Greeting
Harry

[megs]

thanx harry,

actually i m new to this field , but i guess the drive is just only 1 yr old,
so hardware problem is .........
dnt know?

[CA1230266]

OK

Its important to use the Cleaning Tape with the Tape Drive for cleaning the it. Because often CRC-Errors are only appearing without cleaning the Drive. If you don't have a cleaning Tape Buy one!

If the Tape is heavily used i recommend changing the Tapes every Year!

Tape Drives are very sensible.
So i recommend to Use a few time a Cleaning Cartridge and new Tapes.

Now you can test the Drives with HP Tape Tools.

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=355946&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=63890&swLang=13&taskId=135&swEnvOID=7

Greetings Harald