Trouble Positioning Errors

[willfurby]

Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard SP2

Retrospect SBS Standard

Version 7.7.325 (32-bit)

Driver Update and Hotfix, version 7.7.3.102

 

Just last night we received the following errors when verifying the backup set:

 

Trouble positioning: "1-wdw" (114451237), error 0 ( unknown)

 

Trouble reading: "1-wdw" (114451233), error 0 ( unknown)

 

Generated MD5 digest for file "C:\Users Shared Folders\darrylk\Desktop\Generations 65% CDS\Drawings\VOLUME 3\04 mech\M0-13.pdf" does not match stored MD5 digest.

 

The backup runs when no one is in the office. Although the file(s) could have been left open on a workstation.

 

I am able to browse and write to the disk that the backset is on.

 

Thanks.

[willfurby]

Last nights backup completed without those errors. Not sure where the hiccup was....

[emulator]

We get these "trouble positioning" errors, and it normally means that there's a problem with the media (or dirty heads in the tape drive).

 

We have learned to stay away from IMation and TDK media, as we have seen a VERY high failure rate on these brands.

[Daniels]

I have never had a problem with Sony AIT-3 or AIT-4 tapes but depending what kind of drive you are using you may need a different brand.

 

BTW, Imation and TDK also have a very high rate of failure when it comes to their CD-Rs and CD-RWs. We used to use these and over half of the burns we made were unsuccessful.

 

If you want backup tapes I have found Lenscomputers.com to have the lowest price and they include shipping where ordering 10+ tapes. They carry almost every type of backup tape available.