> Subject: Hardware failures
> From: "Marty James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 12:44:25 +1100
>
> Hi guys (and the girls to if there's any out there on this list!),
>
> I've been experiencing frequent but non-the-less erratic Hardware
> Failures over the last couple of months.
>
> I run about 75 clients (all macs) off a 7300/200, to a Sony DSS tape
> drive. I've been marking the tapes that come up with Hardware errors,
> to see if there's a pattern. Also, I've tried disconnecting
> EVERYTHING and letting the tape drive cool for like 8 hours. Also,
> I've been head cleaning almost twice a week.
>
> I can't seem to correlate my actions with any specific
> results...sometimes one of the options above will seem to help for a
> few days but then BOOM...Hardware Failure? Is this a buffer underrun
> proplem or something or is the media (Tapes) the problem?
>
> I ordered a new head cleaning tape and 10 new DSS tapes, but does
> anyone recognize this problem and if so, what do you recommend I do?
>
>
> Cheers
> Marty.
>
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I have this problem and I decided to get a new tape drive. I had been using
a Sony SDT-5200 and I couldn't never get the firmware updated so I
"procured" a new HP DDS drive and it even can use the tapes where I use to
get Media Error. I used to get Media errors all the time even with new
tapes. I would use it once, do a full backup and the next time I ran an
incremental it would forward to the end of the last full and give me a 206
Device trouble: �2-Backup Keenan Terry�, error 206 (drive
reported a failure: dirty heads, bad media, etc.)
Additional error
information for device "Sony DAT" [0:2],
Sense > f0 00 03 00 00 00 29
12 00 00 00 00 3b 08 00 00 44 00
(SONY |SDT-5200 |3.02)
I also was getting these periodically which was being blamed on network
problems:
Bad backup set header found (0x0e000000 at 532,480).
Bad
backup set header found (0x37313430 at 532,572).
Bad backup set header
found (0x10000000 at 614,400).
I had the drive repaired awhile ago but it never really was quite the same
as new. I had hoped that updating the firmware would fix the problem but I
needed a PC to do that with a SCSI card and when that combination was found
they usually had problems accessing the drive anyway. It turns out I needed
to upgrade to a previous firmware first and then go to the latest. Maybe if
I have time later I'll look into this.....
> JWS
> 883x8750
>
>
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