The backups end with error 81.

The threwput is 6200k/sec and the display says that it's cleaning the 
heads on the drive and this is on a new tape.

I wonder if the tapes were sitting on a truck at -30F for a couple of 
hours and that's what killed it.
Karl-Frédéric Rössing
Technical Analyst
Federated Insurance Companies of Canada
http://www.federated.ca

veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu wrote on 02/17/2003 01:52:37 PM:

> NB 4.5fp3
> Exabyte 215M Library
> 2 Mammoth2 tape drives
> 
> I have been having problems with bad media in the library. I'm not sure 
if 
> it's a bad drive or a bad batch of media. M2 media is rather expensive 
at 
> $130/tape. I have had both drives replaced by exabyte. I'm still getting 

> media errors. I have tried 1/2 dozen new tapes and i'm getting media 
write 
> error.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Karl
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