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18 years ago
hi dan
not sure if any help
but i am a long time REV user (over 200 drives in use - ATAPI, SATA, SCSI 35gb, 70gb) - i have been quite happy with them
i normally use Dantz Retrospect although i do have BE installations
i don't believe i have encountered this specific circumstance (granular backup - on Rev)
but i have encountered a strange issue with the dell PE2900
i cant seem to get it to format tapes - using iomega's tools / right click
short and long i get format failed - although i can read, write, delete normally
i tried known working drives, with known working disks on 2 different PE2900, installed a clean OS, latest rev firmware & drivers, win2k3 stnd r2, win 2k3 ent r2, removed my RAC card (thought might be virtual drives interfering)
to no avail - i tried rev SATA (using on board), rev ATAPI (using on board), rev SCSI (using pcix card), rev SCSI (using PCI-E card) both Rev 35, and rev 70
(i keep all these in stock - and when i encountered issue - scoured the web and closest result was yours - i started to wonder and threw my whole team at it
i have them working fine on pe 2800 2850 1800 1850 and many others
though might be some issue with getting some low level access
plan on calling dell & iomega (i have gold level support with iomega, and am a dell certified reseller)Monday will keep you posted of any update
not sure if any help
but i am a long time REV user (over 200 drives in use - ATAPI, SATA, SCSI 35gb, 70gb) - i have been quite happy with them
i normally use Dantz Retrospect although i do have BE installations
i don't believe i have encountered this specific circumstance (granular backup - on Rev)
but i have encountered a strange issue with the dell PE2900
i cant seem to get it to format tapes - using iomega's tools / right click
short and long i get format failed - although i can read, write, delete normally
i tried known working drives, with known working disks on 2 different PE2900, installed a clean OS, latest rev firmware & drivers, win2k3 stnd r2, win 2k3 ent r2, removed my RAC card (thought might be virtual drives interfering)
to no avail - i tried rev SATA (using on board), rev ATAPI (using on board), rev SCSI (using pcix card), rev SCSI (using PCI-E card) both Rev 35, and rev 70
(i keep all these in stock - and when i encountered issue - scoured the web and closest result was yours - i started to wonder and threw my whole team at it
i have them working fine on pe 2800 2850 1800 1850 and many others
though might be some issue with getting some low level access
plan on calling dell & iomega (i have gold level support with iomega, and am a dell certified reseller)Monday will keep you posted of any update
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