What I can't help thinking is if this is a hardcoded timeout value and the 
image you try to restore is just sitting on the very last of the tape and 
that it realy takes more then 3 minutes to get their.

I would also try to duplicate the images on the tape. You could skip some 
of them in the duplication so that the image you need for restore will be 
closer to the beginning of the tape.

I use STK9940B and they handle a lot like LTO-2 (except a little faster and 
less errors and much more $$$)

/johnny

At 11:59 12-08-2003 -0600, Donaldson, Mark wrote:
>These are LTO Ultrium drives.  It's the same tape drive each time but a
>different drive with each attempt I'm making now.
>
>My next idea is to try to duplicate the tape, using a different media
>server, & then try to restore from the duplicate.
>
>The precise three minute apparent (?) timeout on positioning is what makes
>this suspicious.  If it were 3:39, then I'd suspect the tape itself more.
>
>-M
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Johnny Oestergaard [mailto:johnny AT joe DOT net]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 11:51 AM
>To: Donaldson, Mark; Veritasbu (E-mail)
>Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Three minutes, then the restore dies
>(positioning timeout??)
>
>
>Is it on the same tape each time?
>Is it on the same tapedrive each time?
>
>The only time I have seen media positioning errors in our installations is
>has been due to tape errors.
>But sometimes it helped just to load the tape on a different drive.
>
>I have only had the problem on backups (thank God never on restores)
>
>What tapedrives do you use?
>
>/johnny
>
>At 10:56 12-08-2003 -0600, Donaldson, Mark wrote:
> >I'm having trouble with a restore.  It seems to be timing out on media
> >positioning after exactly three minutes.  Here's the top of the logfile:
> >
> >   Restore started 08/12/2003 11:38:14
> >   11:38:17 (99312.xxx) Restore job id 99312 will require 1 image.
> >   11:38:17 (99312.xxx) Media id C00194 is needed for the restore.
> >   11:38:20 (99312.001) Restoring from image created Fri Jul 25 13:55:39
>2003
> >   11:38:22 (99312.001) INF - Waiting for mount of media id CG0194 on
>server
> >XXX.
> >   11:39:04 (99312.001) INF - Waiting for positioning of media id CG0194 on
> >server XXX.
> >   11:42:04 (99312.001) The following files/folders were not restored:
> >   <snip filelist>
> >   11:42:09 (99312.001) Status of restore from image created Fri Jul 25
> >13:55:39 2003 = media position error
> >   11:42:10 (99312.xxx) INF - Status = the restore failed to recover the
> >requested files.
> >
> >If you notice, the time between the positioning start & the failure
> >notification is precisely three minutes.  Four attempts, each fails at the
> >three-minute mark.
> >
> >The MEDIA_MOUNT_TIMEOUT, according to the Sysadmin Guide, is supposed to
> >control this timing (load plus positioning combined) and I have it set for
> >7200 seconds (2 hours) in the master server's bp.conf file.
> >
> >   > bpconfig -U
> >   <snip>
> >   Media Mount Timeout:          120 minutes
> >   Shared Media Mount Timeout:   120 minutes
> >   <snip>
> >
> >This is v4.5 MP4 on Sol 8.  The client for the restore job is one of four
> >media servers (counting the master=media).
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >
> >-M
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