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Ronald_Langley · 07-19-2006

Hi,I have a SCSI Exabyte VXA-2 drive running on Server 2003 with BE 10d. The tapes have a capacity of 80GB, but BE thinks the capacity is only 13GB. I have the latest drive firmware and BE tape drivers, as suggested by Symantec.Has anyone found a wor...

Ronald_Langley · 08-10-2006

I've done a couple of full backups since the new driver mentioned above. The tapes are now working at a higher capacity, but still lower than their 80GB native capacity. I have noticed that BE lists the compression on the tapes now as .791:1. I am ba...

Ronald_Langley · 08-01-2006

Sorry for the slow reply. It took a few days before I could work on this again.I ran a job in "Backup" and it backed up everything (73GB) with no problem. For some reason, I had to remove the drive and re-add it in hardware manager to get Backup to u...

Ronald_Langley · 07-27-2006

Hi,The tapes are 80GB Native/160GB compressed. Yes, the 32GB was backed up using BE (it's the only application that has been used with the tapes).I followed your suggestions and the capacity is still listed at 13GB. I did a long erase on this week's ...

Ronald_Langley · 07-25-2006

Thanks to everyone who has replied.Yes, I do have the latest software installed.The tapes have only been used with BE10. I did a long format on a tape and then tried a full backup again. BE still shows that the tape has a 13GB capacity, but it shows ...

Ronald_Langley · 07-20-2006

Answers to your questions...-It is a standalone external SCSI Exabyte VXA-2 drive. -I see the 13GB capacity when I click on the Media tab, select the set, then the specific tapes. -After a tape is used in a job, it shows the 13GB capacity.-Yes, the j...

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