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PachiPachi
Level 3
10 years ago

Restore Error, Maximum Block size

Hello,   I am trying to do a restore from an LTO4 tape with a Quantum i2k .The backup was written with this library and media server 4 years ago but now doing a restore is resulting in this err...
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Backup and Recovery
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Windows Server (2003-2008)
  • mph999's avatar
    mph999
    10 years ago

    Changing the block size won't help, that is only for backup.   For restore, the BS used is what ever was used for backup, it cannot be changed.

    The issue is the drive - it cannot read a blocksize of 1024 , it's max limit is 512k.

    Only option is to find a drive that can, nothing can be done from NBU, as it's not actually a NBU issue.

    * The HBA can also have this limitation, not sure if you get the same error message though.

mph999's avatar
mph999
Level 6
10 years ago

Changing the block size won't help, that is only for backup.   For restore, the BS used is what ever was used for backup, it cannot be changed.

The issue is the drive - it cannot read a blocksize of 1024 , it's max limit is 512k.

Only option is to find a drive that can, nothing can be done from NBU, as it's not actually a NBU issue.

* The HBA can also have this limitation, not sure if you get the same error message though.