yardisiak Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 I recently moved my tape drive and retrospect to a new server, I am running version 6.5.350. I reinstalled the software and created a new backup scheme. I erased all my old tapes and added them to new backup sets. My problem is this; Whenever a backup job starts it errors out with "error -212, media erased." I have also tried to recycle the media and I get "couldn't erase tape, error -212( media erased)." I have tries everything I can imagine, any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 Hi What type of tape drive and how is it attatched to the machine? What OS? If this is a SCSI tape drive make sure to disable the windows drivers for the tape drive in device manager. Thanks Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yardisiak Posted April 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 HP Ultrium 460 connected via an external scsci connection on a Windows 2003 Server. The device is disable in the device manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Hi What is the make and model of the SCSI controller? Is it a dedicated SCSI card just for the tape drive or is it also a RAID controller? RAID controllers often have trouble with tape devices. Thanks Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yardisiak Posted April 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 The tape drive is on the RAID controller but it should still function the same way. I am failing to see why this would result in the above error?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 Hi Running tape drives on RAID controllers is a well known problem. You will find that other backup software companies recommend against it as well. RAIDs and Tape use different transfer rates and synchronization types. As a result they don't play well together. A cheap SCSI card for the tape drive should be fine. Thanks Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasser Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 I have found that if you press the Erase button on the dialog regarding the new tape, it will re-erase it and proceed normally. But this is a pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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