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Ian_L
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15 years ago

Online capacity problem - backup failing with Final error: 0xe0008703

Hi, Trying to perform a backup and the test runs keep failing with final error: 0xe0008703. When the job runs in non test mode (overnight) it fails with a timeout and the only thing that appear...
  • Ian_L's avatar
    15 years ago
    Erasing the tape appears to have solved the test run issue. Also I found this : http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/263679.htm

    Strikes me that we need

    a) Improved error reporting and
    b) An option to erase/initialise a backup target

    Anyway - will mark as solved and this as the solution if the backup runs without incident tonight.