James Harper wrote: >> Hi list >> >> This is not really a bacula question.. but somehow really related. >> >> How common is it to have a "broken" LTO-tape? I've (in like 3-4 years >> working with LTO) never seen this, but it looks like a broken tape. >> > > We do field service repairs for HP hardware and I have seen one or two > cases where the tape has somehow become entangled in the internal drive > mechanism and has broken. > > Reading your email a bit more maybe your problem is just that the tape > can't be read or written to anymore. If it's a HP tape drive, use the HP > Library & Tape Tools which is freely downloaded from HP and can run all > sorts of tests on the media and the drive. If LT&T says the drive is > failed then it is probably right.
Well, the drive works fine on other tapes.. so it is just this specific tape that has the problem. Jesper -- Jesper ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
