PowerVault 110T DLT giving me multiple hardwares, won't let back ups g

[eod]

We have a 110T DLT vs80e (second one, first one died) which is now starting to act up. I'm getting errors in backup exec 8.6 ranging from "Data error (cyclic redundancy check)", "Error: The tape drive is having problems reading data. No data has been lost, but there has been a reduction in the performance of the tape" and "The tape is damaged or the drive is faulty. Call the tape supplier helpline.". Nothing changed on the server or computer this happened completely out of the blue.

What I've done:
I've cleaned the drive 4 to 5 times
Updated the driver set for Backup Exec
Checked all SCSI connections, wires and termination
Reboots

Left to try:
Tonight I'll be going into the SCSI settings and having it run at 40 instead of 160.

Other than that, I have no idea what else to try. So I'm looking for any other advice, guideance of experience on this issue. I always grow a bit scared when we don't have current back ups.

 

[ChelseaGirl]

Look at Veritas technet 192024, 192216. There is also a Microsoft Technet article (sorry I don't know the id number) about tape libraries and SCSI.

We've had a DLT103T for two/three years and I've given up trying to suss out why we get these messages fairly frequently.

One thing to watch out for, if the tape goes "bad media" and you are running NSE, you will end up with two entries for the same tape in the Database.