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July 20th, 2005 12:00
Tape wonarchive python 06408
Hi ALl-
This seems like a relatively simple problem, but it is giving me pains since I cannot back up. I have an archive python 06408 xxx scsi sequential drive tape back up that has been working great until recently. I came in one morning the tape had been ejected and the three lights on the tape drive are lit - green - green -orange. When I try to insert the tape it will not go in. Can anyone tell me why this is happening? Is my tape drive fried? I have rebooted, uninstalled, reinstalled and tried booting with out it connected. All in vain. Do I have to buy a new drive or is there something else I can do to fix this problem.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
This seems like a relatively simple problem, but it is giving me pains since I cannot back up. I have an archive python 06408 xxx scsi sequential drive tape back up that has been working great until recently. I came in one morning the tape had been ejected and the three lights on the tape drive are lit - green - green -orange. When I try to insert the tape it will not go in. Can anyone tell me why this is happening? Is my tape drive fried? I have rebooted, uninstalled, reinstalled and tried booting with out it connected. All in vain. Do I have to buy a new drive or is there something else I can do to fix this problem.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
impalerwins
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Posted July 20th, 2005 16:00
That is exactly the problem, I can't get a tape to load. Does that mean the tape drive is broken? When I try to insert a tape it gets in flush with the unit, but won't go any further and then just comes back out? Do you think I need to buy a new back up tape drive?
Thanks.DELL-Bob D
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Posted July 20th, 2005 16:00
If you have powered up the tape drive without the scsi cable connected and the drive still has all three LED's flashing then I would suspect a hardware failure.
Can you see anything obstructing the tape inside?
What was happening when the drive went "bad'?impalerwins
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Posted July 20th, 2005 17:00
Good suggestion, I only tried to reboot with the tape drive powered down. I'll try that first and let you know. Meanwhile, it does not look like there is any obstruction with the tape drive. The system backed up fine over the evening and then when I came in the next morning the tape was ejected and would not go back in!
Thanks for you help!- Did that solve your problem? I had the same thing happen to my drive on my server on about the same day. Is there some sort of driver update that might fix this? It seems to me that some sort of software update caused this. Please let me know what you discovered.
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Posted July 20th, 2005 15:00