Re: [Networker] Bad Block Errors on Legato Server

I wanted to repost this to see if anyone can help.
  Constantly getting these bad block errors on several tapes drives and all 
different new tapes.
  Please help!
  TIA
  

Tape King <tapeking01 AT YAHOO DOT COM> wrote:
  Hi All,
I run legato 7.2.1 on windows 2000 SP4 as my legato server.
I have fiber HP LTO2 tape drives.
I have all the latest windows drivers, patches and tape drive firmware.

My problem is i intermittently have been getting these bad block messages for 
over 9 months. I get several of them in one week, then they go away for a month 
or 2, then they come back.
I have opened a case with legato, storagetek and HP. They all claim it is bad 
tapes. But I can usually reuse the bad tape with no problems at a later date.
I have also sent some of the tapes back to the maker and they test out OK.
Any idea what is the cause of this?
It happens on all my tape drives at one time or another and all different tapes.
I have replaced several tape drives and tried 3 different brands of tapes, but 
it still keeps popping up periodically.
I have had my server, library, tape drives, switches, hbas and cables all 
checked out. They all seem OK.


Every time it happens I get this error in the windows event log:


Event Type: Error 
Event Source: hplto 
Event Category: None 
Event ID: 7 
Date: 04/22/2006 
Time: 12:16:48 AM 
User: N/A 
Computer: LegatoServer
Description: 
The device, \Device\Tape2, has a bad block. 
Data: 
0000: 0f 00 18 00 01 00 70 00 ......p. 
0008: 00 00 00 00 07 00 04 c0 .......Ã? 
0010: 00 01 00 00 9c 00 00 c0 ....?..Ã? 
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........ 
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........ 
0028: 01 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 ........ 
0030: 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 ........ 
0038: 02 84 00 00 00 14 03 00 .?...... 

Regards,


Tape King
CEO
Gold Tape Supply
Low Prices on All New Tapes.
Email: tapeking01 AT yahoo DOT com
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