Do you have the exc_mountwait parameter set in your options file?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Chissell [SMTP:phil.chissell AT NATPOWER DOT COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 1999 8:37 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Exchange Connect Agent
>
> One of our Exchange databases has grown to about 32 GB in size and we
> are having severe problems in backing it up.
>
> For the last week we have attempted to schedule a full backup of this
> database and although it always backs up the DIR database, it
> continually fails to backup the IS database with the following message
> on the client:-
>
> ANS1315E (RC15)   Unexpected Retry request
>
> On the ADSM Server, we get the corresponding following messages:-
>
> ANR8341I End-of-volume reached for DLT volume TR1000.
> ANR1411W Access mode for volume TR1000 now set to "read-only" due to
> write error.
> ANR0523W Transaction failed for session 61 for node TRN2601_EXC
> (WinNTDB) - error on output storage device.
> ANR0403I Session 61 ended for node TRN2601_EXC (WinNTDB).
>
> Has anybody else seen this?
>
> It appears that the database is too large to fit onto one tape (we are
> using DLT tapes with a native capacity of 35 GB) and is then causing the
> backup to fail.  Surely, the backup should continue onto another tape?
>
> Any help or theories would be greatly appreciated ASAP as we are getting
> a bit twitchy about the possibility of losing a week's worth of Exchange
> data.
>
> We are running the Exchange connect agent V1.1.0.0A on NT 4.0 SP3.
> The ADSM Server is V3.1.1.3 also on NT 4.0 SP3.
>
> Regards
>
> Phil
>
> Phil Chissell
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>
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