StorageWorks DAT 72 USB 1040 error

[Gregory Golofit]

Hello,

I have problem with one of the 5 of HP DAT 72 data cartridge. When I try to use it to backup ora to retrieve data from it I get error 1040. Evreythink was ok until I changed schedule profile from "Run on specific" to "Run repeatadly interval settings: day". After making that change and placing the cartidge in tape drive on the next the problem of error 1040 in this certain case(certain cartridge) started to apear. Now it is usless and I don`t know what to do.

Operating system: Windows Serwer 2003 Standard Edition

Tape drive software: Data Protector Express v. 3.50

data cartridge: HP DAT 72

tape drive: HP StorageWorks DAT 72 USB

I would appreciate any help.

Best Regards
Gregory

[D Lancaster]

If you used the cartridge the catalog thinks it need to be maintained for the prior rotation scheme and will not overwrite it until it is expired.

You need to do two things to be able to overwrite it.

1. Insert the tape into the tape drive.
2. Go to the "Devices" page, find the tape drive and see what it is currently labeled.
3. Go the "Jobs and Media" page and look through the forder tree until you find that tape and delete it. This will remove the tape from the catalog.
4. Finally, use the Media Wizard to create a job to erase the tape.

The tape should now be usable again.

You might also be interested in a new tape rotation called "Daily Append" that is available in Ver 3.5 SP2 now available for download.

This creates a full backup on a selected day of the week (usually Friday night) and then appends daily incremental backups to the same tape for the remaining days of the week. In a single server installation like yours that usually gives you a week's worth of backup on a single tape.

DL

[Alessandro Pianesi]

I have the same problem and the same erroe 1040.
Operating system: Windows Serwer 2003 Standard Edition w/SP2 WIN32 ITA

Tape drive software: Data Protector Express v. 3.50 SP2 (Build 34497)

data cartridge: HP DAT 40

tape drive: HP StorageWorks DAT40 USB

How I have to proceed to resolve it?
Thank you
Best regards
Alessandro

[Alessandro Pianesi]

I use this tape for the back up:

- Data cartridge: HpDDS-4 Cod.C5718A

Best regards