oslomike Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 Been wrestling with Retrospect since January. Lately, I have been having more and more trouble with getting a successful backup. Mostly, i have been experiencing hangs while backing up. Then it started with not being able to compare. I get errors from retrospect that there are scsi errors and error -206, cant read-dirty heads etc... I have tested the mac with the hardware test adn everything is passed. I tested the ATTO card and updated the firmware, all passed. I updated the LTO-5 firmware and the HP tape tools drive assement tests all passed. I have had the system working for a while, of course there have been definitely some issues, but it has been running. I guess these symptoms point at the drive having a problem. Is it possible that something on the pCI buss can cause communication problems like this? What is left to test? Any help is appreciated. Thank you. BTW, im running a mac pro 1,1 dual 2.66 with 6 G ram, and the latest version of Leopard. Atto card is H380 SAS HBA and the drive is an HP LTO-5 Ultrium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 You haven't tested the SCSI cables or terminators. (At least you didn't mention testing/replacing them.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oslomike Posted October 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 You haven't tested the SCSI cables or terminators. (At least you didn't mention testing/replacing them.) SAS has terminators? I will look into that. Thanks. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 SAS has terminators? I will look into that. Thanks. Mike Ah. I missed the "SAS" part, I only read the "SCSI" part. I have no idea if SAS has terminators. But, as you write, it may be worth to look into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helle Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 for a start i would backup to something else, not the tape drive, with a new Mediaset etc.. if that all works, you know that your setup is ok. Then i would move on to the tape drive. fist: try new tapes with a complete new Mediaset before that, have a look in the console, whether there are any errors related to retrospect. cheers tgfn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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