We had similar situation due to the tape drives malfunction.
It started slowly but in a couple weeks we had hundred tapes marked full
prematurely.
Check the event log for the drive related errors and contact the vendor to
fix or replace drives.





Davina Treiber <Treiber AT HOTPOP DOT COM>@LISTMAIL.TEMPLE.EDU> on 10/06/2003
04:22:39 PM

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Maine, Daniel wrote:
> Hello!
>
> We are using Networker 7x on a Win2000 server.  It is attached to a
STKL180
> by SCSI.
>
> We are experiencing problems with the LTO tapes being marked "full"
before
> they have used it's allotted space.  Some are being marked "full' with
only
> 2g.
>

What brand of drives and what brand of tapes?

If they are Seagate drives, they will only work well with certain tape
brands. Maxell/Fuji/Seagate are the only ones certain to work, although
some others are Maxell or Fuji rebadged.

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