Hello. I am having this problem with my backup system and was hoping anyone
would have some information or advice about it.

One of the two drives in my tape jukebox gets this error:

    save read error: No error

and all I can do is eject the tape. I also get a bad block error in the NT
system log. I assumed that the drive needed cleaning, so I disabled it
temporarily and used the other drive. (The jukebox and both drives have
been recently serviced and were verified working good.)

I just cleaned the drives with a Sony AIT head cleaner, and re-enabled it.
Same error. Then the first drive started getting the error, although not
consistantly.

I deleted the jukebox instance from Networker and re-created it in case the
SCSI assignments were messed up. No change.

The system is running now on the first drive, but I'd like to be proactive
(within a non-existant budget 8-( ) and know what to do if it comes back. I'd
also like to use the second drive again.

Suggestions? Is it likely a drive going bad? (But both at nearly the same
time?) SCSI cable? (I swapped the cables with another similar, but one
drive tape jukebox but the error didn't transfer.) Or something else?

Thanks in advance. -Gary

The system:

    Intel dual P3 450Mhz, 1GB RAM, 4 x 18GB RAID-5 disk array, Adaptec 2940U2,
      Cybernetics (Spectralogic 30-slot AIT-1 jukebox (2 drives, bar code
      reader. firmware recently flashed to the latest available version by
      Cybernetics as part of their refurbishment.)
    WinNT 4 w/ all patches  (Yes, I know I should upgrade but everything is
      turned off in it and its behind a firewall...)
    Networker 6.2 build 109, 20 extra client license (total 30), Linux pack,
      autoloader up to 30 license, MSSQL and storage node add-ons.
    (6) RH9, CentOS3 & CentOS 4 web servers and (1) Win2K server as clients,
      plus the nsrserver host.

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