Skylar It's probably worth ruling out the obvious stuff first.
If the end-of-volume is reached then a new scratch tape will be required. If for some reason a new scratch tape cannot be mounted (eg there are no scratch left) to complete the writing of the spanned file/object then the store operation will fail and the previous end-of-data point on the tape will be used as the starting point the next time the tape is mounted. I've seen many occasions where a paucity of scratch tapes has resulted in the end-of-tape being reached repeatedly on the handful of remaining 'filling' volumes. In the cases where the end-of-volume has been reached, has a scratch volume been successfully mounted subsequently to complete the operation? Regards Neil Neil Schofield IBM Spectrum Protect SME Backup & Recovery | Storage & Middleware | Platform Technologies | Infrastructure Technology Services | Group CIO & IT Change LLOYDS BANKING GROUP ________________________________ Lloyds Banking Group plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. Registered in Scotland no. SC95000. Telephone: 0131 225 4555. Lloyds Bank plc. Registered Office: 25 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HN. Registered in England and Wales no. 2065. Telephone 0207626 1500. Bank of Scotland plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. Registered in Scotland no. SC327000. Telephone: 03457 801 801. Lloyds Bank plc, Bank of Scotland plc are authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority. Halifax is a division of Bank of Scotland plc. HBOS plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. Registered in Scotland no. SC218813. This e-mail (including any attachments) is private and confidential and may contain privileged material. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete it (including any attachments) immediately. You must not copy, distribute, disclose or use any of the information in it or any attachments. Telephone calls may be monitored or recorded.
