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Re: [Networker] scanning ssid

2002-10-09 12:09:59
Subject: Re: [Networker] scanning ssid
From: Duncan Boccio <dboccio AT INCYTE DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 09:08:42 -0700
Scanner will only rebuild the index for the specified save set
but it has to scan through the tape until it finds it. If the ssid you want
is towards the end of the tape it can  take a while.  I don't think two
or more hours to scan a tape is unusual but I've only had to do it
a few times.

Duncan


Lynsey Wyles wrote:

> NT SERVER ENVIRNOMENT
>
> I am trying to scan an ssid from a media tape, as the recovery of one file
> did not complete sucessfully, 'bad or missing record' error, so I am trying
> to correct the file record error by scanning the tape to re-build.
>
> I have hit off
> scanner -i -S ssid# tapedevice
> it then gave the following message:
>
> scanner: scanning dlt7000 tape on device
> scanner: dlt7000 tape already exisits in the media index
>
> and now nothing, it appears to be doing something, as it hasn't gone back
> to the command prompt.  I hoped it would just scan the savesets with the
> given ssid, however this has been running for 2 hours?  would it be
> scanning the whole tape?
> any ideas?
>
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