Not meaning to sound silly, but where do I check bperror logs? And what do
you mean by allow_media_overwrite??

Simon Weaver
NT Domain Administrator
Ext. 5544
Tel: 02392-705544 (Direct Dial)
Simon.Weaver AT Astrium-Space DOT com

 -----Original Message-----
From:   dayal singh [mailto:dayalsd AT lycos DOT com] 
Sent:   14 May 2002 02:42:PM
To:     'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'; WEAVER, Simon
Subject:        Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup cannot read media header

 Check the bperror logs. If these are used tapes, take a look at
ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE.

Dayal
--

On Tue, 14 May 2002 09:53:30  
 WEAVER, Simon wrote:
>Hi Guys
>Im getting a lot better with Netbackup - even without the manuals :-)
>One small question, which I am hoping someone can assist.
>
>I have 4 tapes that I believe are suspect. They are as follows
>0001L1
>0004L1
>0046L1
>0051L1
>
>I ran a report on the media contents and tapes 001L1 & 0051L1 tell me that
>it cannot read the media header. The tape may be damaged, corrupt or not a
>format recognised by Netbackup.
>
>Tapes 0004L1 & 0046L1 do not show any contents on the tape(When I run the
>report it shows nothing) but they keep freezing these tapes. I think I am
>right in saying that the 2 tapes that are unreadable cannot be read - but
is
>there a way of finding out what could be on tapes 0004L1 & 0046L1?
>
>Your help is gratefully appreciated.
>
>Simon Weaver
>NT Domain Administrator
>Ext. 5544
>Tel: 02392-705544 (Direct Dial)
>Simon.Weaver AT Astrium-Space DOT com
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