James Harper wrote:
>> Hi list
>>
>> This is not really a bacula question.. but somehow really related.
>>
>> How common is it to have a "broken" LTO-tape? I've (in like 3-4 years
>> working with LTO) never seen this, but it looks like a broken tape.
>>
> 
> We do field service repairs for HP hardware and I have seen one or two
> cases where the tape has somehow become entangled in the internal drive
> mechanism and has broken.
> 
> Reading your email a bit more maybe your problem is just that the tape
> can't be read or written to anymore. If it's a HP tape drive, use the HP
> Library & Tape Tools which is freely downloaded from HP and can run all
> sorts of tests on the media and the drive. If LT&T says the drive is
> failed then it is probably right.

Well, the drive works fine on other tapes.. so it is just this specific 
tape that has the problem.

Jesper
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Jesper

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