There comes a pop-up message saying: "The device reported an error on a request to write data to media Error Reported: Hardware Failure There may be a hardware or media problem Please check system event log for relevant failures" In the system event log, there is only one item even closely related. It is: "Reset to device, \device\raidport2, was issued." Event ID: 129. Source Lsi_scsi. As I mentioned below, the demo of Novabackup did just fine, without any errors. Any more ideas? Mark
________________________________ From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 3:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NTBackup using Dell PowerVault 124T, LTO2 tape loader/drive Host Bus Adapter, the scsi card. So what exactly do you get in your even logs? Look for all the errors, some might be hardware related which impact NTBackups ability to stream data out. Post those errors here. Jlc From: Reimer, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 2:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NTBackup using Dell PowerVault 124T, LTO2 tape loader/drive Joseph, OK. HBA?? This was not a scheduled job, just starting it on the server with NTBackup program. Mark ________________________________ From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 12:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NTBackup using Dell PowerVault 124T, LTO2 tape loader/drive Mark, I am running an HP LTO-2 autoloader in a similar setup using NTBackup and RSM and all I can say is what a pain. When you get your error, what exactly does it report? Are there any HBA errors? You might want to look at Symantec's site for some good reco's on the HBA setup. How do you schedule your jobs? There was a known issue with NTBackup and RDP sessions a while ago. Elaborate a little more, after all my pain I am migrating the loader off this server onto a CentOS box running Amanda shortly here... jlc From: Reimer, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 10:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: NTBackup using Dell PowerVault 124T, LTO2 tape loader/drive Hi folks, Running Windows 2003, 64 bit, fully patched, and I think, latest drivers for tape loader, tape drive etc. Tapes are 200/400 GB LTO-2. I try to run NTBackup, and it will say it has backed up anywhere from 30MB - 150MB, then it stops. Eventually I'll get a write error, to see the event logs (which don't help). RSM works great, both GUI and command line. I've installed a demo of NovaStor Novabackup which works great, except it doesn't see the tape loader, so tape switching is manual. There is a terminator on the PV124T, and it (PV 124T) is the only item on the SCSI chain. Ideas??? Thanks for any help. Mark ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
