echo "1" > /usr/openv/netbackup/MEDIA_ERROR_THRESHOLD

This should cause Netbackup to freeze a tape after one failure.

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Deron Johnson
djohnson AT amgen DOT com

On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 03:46:36PM -0400, Dale Kramer wrote:
>      We are currently running Netbackup 3.2 on a solaris box.  We had a 
>      backup fail due to a bad tape.  It seems that Netbackup tries to write 
>      to the tape twice and then fails the backup.  Is there anyway to have 
>      Netbackup look for another tape when it finds a bad one.  We always 
>      have extra tapes in the silo.
>      
>      thanx,
>      dale  kramer
>      STERIS Corp.