I am evaluating BE 11d for Windows Servers and simply plopped in 1 dds-3 tape into an HP 1557A, 1st slot of magaine, ran a backup on local machine's C: drive, set the job for tape verify after write and here is the report:
Job name : Backup 00001Job type : BackupJob status : FailedJob log : C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\Data\BEX_DB_00009.xmlServer name : DBSelection list name : Backup 00001
Device name : HP 1Target name : All Devices (DB)Media set name : Keep Data Infinitely - Do Not Allow Overwrite
All Media Usedtest001
Error category : Backup Media ErrorsError : e00084ca - The data being read from the media is inconsistent.
For additional information regarding this error refer to link V-79-57344-33994
Job Summary Information
Byte count : 6,162,159,095 bytesJob rate : 73.00 MB/Min (Byte count of all backup sets divided by Elapsed time for all backup sets)
Files : 25,805Directories : 3,360Skipped files : 1Corrupt files : 0Files in use : 0
Original start time : Wednesday, January 17, 2007 7:16:21 PMJob started : Wednesday, January 17, 2007 7:16:25 PMJob ended : Wednesday, January 17, 2007 8:39:55 PMElapsed time : 01:23:30
Set Detail Information - Verify \\DB\C:
Set type : VerifySet status : CompletedSet description : Backup 00001
Resource name : \\DB\C:Logon account : System Logon AccountEncryption key : No
Error : e000fe34 - A checksum of the data has failed.
Byte count : 2,720,365 bytesRate : 155.00 MB/Min
Files : 105Directories : 51Skipped files : 0Corrupt files : 4Files in use : 0
Start time : Wednesday, January 17, 2007 8:39:28 PMEnd time : Wednesday, January 17, 2007 8:39:29 PM
Also, I have MANY known good tapes (write protected of course) tapes from BE v8.0 and v8.5 and EVERY SINGLE TAPE IS CLAIMED TO BE INCONSISTENT READS!?!?!?!?
I also note that there is an "error" in the Computer->Manage->Removable Storage->Physical Locations->HP C1557A with a red-circled-X but not sure if that is a problem since it appears that BE 11-d was able to do an Inventory of the tapes, but failed to catalog the tapes, failed to read the tapes after a backup, and so on.
What information do you seek that will help Semantec to resolve this problem?
I think my next step is to get a competitor backup trialware product and see if theirs works then I would know if it is my hardware or if it is a BE 11d software problem....
I will report my results here when I am done...
