Not getting near tape capacity

[rjs]

BE 8.x. Running fine for many months without incident. Recently started prompting for a second tape. It is a DLT tape drive and DLT tapes with 40GB NATIVE capacity. The total amount to backup is about 34GB.

If we erase the tape, sometimes - but only sometimes the backup will complete without a second tape.

I've checked the job and policy - it is set to overwrite. I've created a fresh new policy and new backup job, set to overwrite - not append.

I fully understand compression, but we are not even reaching native capacity.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

R.Sobelman

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[LawnBoy]

Sounds like your tape is worn out. As bad spots are skipped, more linear tape is used. Try a new tape and/or run a cleaning tape.

 

[weigoldk]

rjs,

Did you get this resolved? We are having a similar issue with 9.x.

Thanks in advance.

 

[OnTopOfCitrix]

Did you get this resolved? I am having the same problem in BE 8.x. In this case, we purchased brand new tapes (all the same capacity) to replace older media.

 

[rjs]

Turned out to be a problem with the tape drive itself. It was a Dell server, still under warranty. So we had them replace the tape drive (after alot of arm twisting) and have not had the problem since.

R.Sobelman

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