On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 11:06:52AM -0800, Geoff Hazel wrote:
>   However, I have another possibility:  Will netbackup throw the 96
>   error if there isn't enough room to write the backup completely?  It
>   seems that even the cumulative backups for this particular server
>   are quite large compared to the other servers, on an order of 10x
>   larger.  If we're getting low on space, is it possible that the
>   other backups complete because they still fit?

Nope - it throws an 84 (media write error) if a DSSU is full.  I believe
it still kicks off a 96 if a tape is full (which isn't an error) and
then can't allocate another one.  

NetBackup tries to pack similar retentions together so it's possible
that it found room on a tape with daily retentions but couldn't find
tapes with the same retention as the jobs that failed.

Moral of the story is to buy more tapes... 

        .../Ed

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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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