We use a dds-2 drive for daily backups, been doing it ~ 5 years, only
replaced drive once IIRC......have seen maybe one unreadable tape apart from
that.

ymmv
jp
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From: "Michael Anderson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 3:40 AM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] DDS tape drive


> I had that problem once or twice. The answer; POWER CYCLE, yes the
> entire machine... unless you know how to power cycle the DDS drive
> without disturbing the entire machine.
>
> Problems with DDS(1,2,3) tape drives, the solution is DLT. Simple as
> that. I've used DDS's for daily backups, and I am convinced that they
> weren't designed to be used that often. Use the DDS drives for software
> & OS updates, installs, NOT recommended for daily use.
>
>
> --
> Michael Anderson
> Spring Independent School District
> 16717 Ella Boulevard
> Houston, Texas 77090-4299
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> fax: 281.586.1187
> -
>
> >>> Greg Terterian <[log in to unmask]> 11/14/03 10:22AM >>>
> As of yesterday (it was ok before that), we stopped getting messages
> 'Volume
> mounted on LDEV 7' when we insert a tape into our DDS2 tape drive.  The
> DDS2
> tape drive is brand new and we got it about 2 weeks ago. Are there any
> suggestions before I should change the tape drive again?  I tried to
> clean the tape
> drive couple of times (one after another), I went to SYSGEN and
> hold/keep IO,
> restarted the system after that and still no good.
>
> Any help or suggestions will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> David Raschka
>
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