(OT)backup tapes physical retention

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Sometimes I would have to power down the drive – i.e. shutdown and cold
boot – then the tape would read. Sometimes a catalog on the tape would do
make it read.

Terry L. Williams 176 Shadywood Circle Cranberry, PA 16319
814-676-8650 tlw@... <mailto:tlw@...>

-----Original Message-----
From: WENDY BOWEN [mailto:WENDY.BOWEN@...]
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 11:35 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] (OT)backup tapes physical retention

Hi everyone!

We have a retention time of 20 days before we turn around our backup
tapes and recycle them for another back up job. I was test restoring
some data off of a DAT tape and the restore was not successful because
the tape was no longer readable. My backup job did not give me any error
indicating this about the tape. Does anyone know how many actual WRITES
or OVERWRITES a backup tape should have. DAT? DLT? AIX?

Thanks!

~Wendy


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Hi everyone!

We have a retention time of 20 days before we turn around our backup
tapes and recycle them for another back up job. I was test restoring
some data off of a DAT tape and the restore was not successful because
the tape was no longer readable. My backup job did not give me any error
indicating this about the tape. Does anyone know how many actual WRITES
or OVERWRITES a backup tape should have. DAT? DLT? AIX?

Thanks!

~Wendy


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