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Re: Help - Tape Restore Problem
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Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]>
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Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 27 Apr 2005 11:49:27 -0700
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> The problem of bad restore tapes happened to me many years ago, that's
> why I always recommend doing a 'validate' after the backup, just to be
> sure those tapes are indeed readable when you need them. I have found
> few that were willing to go this extra step, when it only involves

Absolutely ... BUT, as Intuit (and others) have discovered,
you always want to "validate" on a DIFFERENT tape drive!

Intuit's happily validated the tapes for months ... then
the tape drive was replaced, and no backups would validate
on the new drive (or on any other drive).

Stan
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