I am having the following issues on a server running BE 10.0:
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Does not correctly inventory media
When either a new, blank tape, or an existing tape already on the system is put into the ODS tape drive, the Inventory command always registers that tape as the last tape that the Label command was run on, rather than the actual tape that’s in the drive. This includes not only the tape label, but the Media ID as well.
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Inserted tapes are not recognized
Tapes inventoried appear overwritable (both in the Veritas description and by the physical lock position), but during backup or catalog operations are ejected with the “unrecognized media” error, followed by the “insert overwritable media” alert:
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/252434.htm
Quick-erasing the media does not in fact make it readable, or recognizable by the system. Long erase operations are impossible (see below). Tape labeling changes what all tapes come up as when an inventory is run, but does nothing for the usability of the tapes themselves.
Interestingly, doing a test run of a backup job works just fine.
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0x45d I/O error
When certain operations, such as “long erase”, are chosen, Veritas returns this error:
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/268416.htm
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Cannot install drivers
Noting that the number one bit of advice is "have you installed the new drivers yet," I attempted to install the driver listed here:
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/278408.htm
This returned an error message indicating that it would only work with Backup Exec 10, and then the install failed. I find this a curious error considering that the server is, in fact, running BE 10...
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