Device Timed Out - Please Help!

[michael1]

I checked the backup this morning and it cam up with the following error:

Job ended: 29 March 2008 at 04:18:29
Completed status: Failed
Final error: 0xe00084f0 - The device timed out.
Final error category: Backup Device Errors

For additional information regarding this error refer to link V-79-57344-34032

Backup- FGSERVER01
An unknown error occurred on device "HP 2".
V-79-57344-34032 - The device timed out.
A selection on device D: was skipped because of previous errors with the job.
A selection on device \\FGSERVER01\Microsoft Information Store\First Storage Group was skipped becau...
A selection on device FGSERVER01\SHAREPOINT was skipped because of previous errors with the job.
A selection on device Shadow?Copy?Components was skipped because of previous errors with the job.
An unknown error occurred on device "HP 2".
V-79-57344-34032 - The device timed out.

it backup up no data at all.. What is the issue here?

[Greg_Meister]

Check the system event log for any errors on the tape drive or SCSI controller. The timeout errors are occasionalyy drive ror firmware related, but are usually indicative of a hardware problem.