DLT drive write errors.
I bought this internal VS160 DLT drive (rebadged as a Tandberg Data VS160) almost a month ago and when I first got it, I installed it, loaded the drivers and ran a backup and it went off without a single hitch. I then set the server to run a complete system backup cycle in the first of every month and left it alone.
So the first comes around and when I get back from work I check it and...I got a read error about four minutes into the backup.
I tried again. Went a little further and then gave a read error.
I then tried another tape. It again gave a read error at another random time.
I assumed that while the CLEAN light was not on that it might still be dirty so I loaded the cleaning cartridge in and ran a cycle and then tried another new tape (so now I'm on my third VS160 tape) and again, I get a read error at a random time.
It's not having issues with any particular files and between the first time I used it and now it had been in the server (which run 24/7) with a tape loaded in it, doing absolutely nothing. I see no reason at all why I should be having this unless the tape I had loaded got stuck to the head and there's residue on it that teh cleaning tape did not remove or something. It makes no sense at all and so long as I have no way to back my system up, all my files I added/edited since the last backup are at risk of being lost (and these drives are already almost 5+ years old and have been running non stop for probably their whole life).
So the first comes around and when I get back from work I check it and...I got a read error about four minutes into the backup.
I tried again. Went a little further and then gave a read error.
I then tried another tape. It again gave a read error at another random time.
I assumed that while the CLEAN light was not on that it might still be dirty so I loaded the cleaning cartridge in and ran a cycle and then tried another new tape (so now I'm on my third VS160 tape) and again, I get a read error at a random time.
It's not having issues with any particular files and between the first time I used it and now it had been in the server (which run 24/7) with a tape loaded in it, doing absolutely nothing. I see no reason at all why I should be having this unless the tape I had loaded got stuck to the head and there's residue on it that teh cleaning tape did not remove or something. It makes no sense at all and so long as I have no way to back my system up, all my files I added/edited since the last backup are at risk of being lost (and these drives are already almost 5+ years old and have been running non stop for probably their whole life).
<----Computer says I need more beer.
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