Problems running backup script

[BlackLab]

I run a backup script every night on 11 volumes spread out over 6 machines on our network. Recently, the backups started failing and the script wouldn't restart the next night. I verified the backup set and received a message that it was damaged. I repaired it successfully, but the nightly backups continued to fail. So I started a new backup set and continue to get failures. I tried running an immediate backup today and while it was matching the records before executing, I received the following message:

 

 

 

matching to volume hd failed -36 (i/o error, bad media?)

 

 

 

So what's the error mean? Is there a communication problem across the network? I can see all of the volumes on the network from the backup machine. Is there a problem writing to the tape drive? I just cleaned it this week. Any thoughts/advice is appreciated. Thanks.

[lv2ski]

Ususally a -36 means there is some type of problem on the hard drive that is reporting this error. Run Disk utilities on this drive to see if anything is happening. Do you only get this on one machine?

[AmyJ]

–36 (I/O errors)

 

 

 

A media problem occurred on a source volume. Try verifying your source volume using a disk

 

utility or the formatting program that came with your hard drive. If you are using an Apple

 

hard drive, try using the test command in its included Drive Setup utility. The Disk First Aid

 

utility usually is not helpful in this case because it only checks for directory problems.

 

This may happen with a Windows client. Close all applications open on the client.