Hello,
You should investigate the error, setting auto media off, could jeopardize 
your  backup routine , i do not recall having to do this intervention for 
reading\writing\scanning a tape.
HTH



"Cox, Shawn" <Shawn.Cox AT PCCA DOT COM> 
Sent by: EMC NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU>
02/25/2008 01:02 PM
Please respond to
EMC NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU>; Please respond 
to
"Cox, Shawn" <Shawn.Cox AT PCCA DOT COM>


To
NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
cc

Subject
Re: [Networker] Tape drive says "monitoring"?






I get that message when attempting to work with tapes when the device has 
"Auto Media Management" set to Yes.  I set it to No temporarily, do what I 
need to do and then set it back.
--Shawn

-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On 
Behalf Of MIchael Leone
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 12:45 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] Tape drive says "monitoring"?

I have a Win2003 server, running NW 7.4 SP1, with a single LTO-4 tape 
drive. NW is showing the drive as "monitoring". My backup job won't run, 
claiming that I need to label a different tape (I got the dread "too many 
open files in system", for which no one has ever seemed to find an answer 
for). Problem is, I can't seem to re-label the current tape, as it says 
that it is "monitoring", whatever that means. And I have no other spares 
at that site, since the order for more tapes doesn't come in until later 
this week.


--
Michael Leone
Network Administrator, ISM
Philadelphia Housing Authority
2500 Jackson St
Philadelphia, PA 19145
Tel:  215-684-4180
Cell: 215-252-0143
<mailto:michael.leone AT pha.phila DOT gov>

To sign off this list, send email to listserv AT listserv.temple DOT edu and 
type 
"signoff networker" in the body of the email. Please write to 
networker-request AT listserv.temple DOT edu if you have any problems with this 
list. You can access the archives at 
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/networker.html or via RSS at 
http://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?RSS&L=NETWORKER

To sign off this list, send email to listserv AT listserv.temple DOT edu and 
type 
"signoff networker" in the body of the email. Please write to 
networker-request AT listserv.temple DOT edu if you have any problems with this 
list. You can access the archives at 
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/networker.html or
via RSS at http://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?RSS&L=NETWORKER



To sign off this list, send email to listserv AT listserv.temple DOT edu and 
type "signoff networker" in the body of the email. Please write to 
networker-request AT listserv.temple DOT edu if you have any problems with this 
list. You can access the archives at 
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/networker.html or
via RSS at http://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?RSS&L=NETWORKER