On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 03:56:13 -0500, Bob Payne <bob_payne AT FWUK.FWC DOT COM>
wrote:

>Solaris 8
>Networker 6.1.2
>We've had 2 instances in the last week where during a backup a tape has
>been marked as full (message below)...
>03/12/03 19:16:53 nsrd: media notice: LTO Ultrium tape E00449
>on /dev/rmt/2cbn is full
>and then in nwadmin gui, it says "writing,finding eom" and stays like
>that.We have to abort the backup, manually eject the tape and eventually
>restart networker.
>They're Imation tapes but slightly different cases and my gut feel is that
>it's a media problem.
>Anyone seen anything like this?

Absolutely! Let me guess, these are Seagate drives, right? These drives are
not compatible with many of the media brands out there. I have just been
looking for the link on Seagate's site, they now recommend only Seagate
cartridges, but last time I looked they also recommended Maxell and Fuji.
If pressed, STK will give you a recommendation, and that recommendation
will be only Maxell and Fuji. I don't think you'll find that on their web
site though, speak to your representative. I have personally seen serious
problems with 3 brands that I have tried (Imation wasn't one) but these
problems magically disappeared when I started using a mix of Maxell and
Fuji tapes.

Hope this helps, I'm sure it will!

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