> We are having repeated problems with NetBackup Media where tapes are
> continually getting bad media headers.  We are using 9840 drives in a STK
> L180 Library.  This seems to be happening only to one client (3 times in
> two weeks) and is causing us to lose data.  Has anyone seen this and if
> so, was there a way to get the data back off of the tape after the media
> header has been corrupted?  NetBackup can't read the tape because it says
> that the tape header is not a NetBackup tape header.  TAR isn't seeming to
> be much help either.  Can we rewrite or format the tape header into
> NetBackup format so it can read the tape again (without erasing the data,
> of course!!)  Veritas support has been no help on this so far.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Douglas Humphries
> Storage Management Engineer, USi
> 410-897-4576 - office
> 443-871-3386 - cell
> douglas.humphries AT usi DOT net
>