David Knispel
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----- Original Message -----
From: Paul H Christidis <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 2:15 PM
Subject: Problem with DDS2 tape drive


> Fellow listers,
>
> For the last few weeks one of our DDS2 drives has been giving us problems.
Our
> backup utility, RoadRunner, kept reporting errors while the drive was used
for
> our weekly full backup.  In every case I had to swap that drive with one
where
> RoadRunner had finished writing its share of the files and the full backup
would
> finish using the same tape.
> The message displayed at the console is:
>      LDEV #x  MEDIA WRITE WARNING.  MEDIA MAY BE
>           SUSPECT OR DEVICE IN NEED OF CLEANING.
>
> After the second week ,said drive is used once a week, I placed a call and
had
> the device replaced.  I performed a test storing a few thousand sectors
using
> the new device and I got the same error.  I cleaned the device and
re-tried;
> again the same error.  I used a brand new tape and re-tried with the same
> results.  I installed one of the other DDS2 drives in the slot of the
'suspect'
> device and the store worked.  Bad drive you'd say?
>
> The CE brought a SECOND drive and I went through the same test with the
same
> result.  I just repeated the test using a THIRD drive that the CE
provided,
> again with the same results.  I also repeated the test using TurboStore,
in the
> event that RoadRunner was the culprit, and again the same results.
>
> Any Ideas? Any similar experiences?
>
> Regards
> Paul H. Christidis