backs up 99% then fails... 1

[CFE]

Backup exec. 4.3, DLT 110T 4000 Tape drive, 40/80 tapes. Everything seems to back up fine, and everything restores fine, but on the log it gets to 99% then fails. I am doing full back ups nightly, about 14 gig. All my settings are currently at default. I do get some alerts"Overwriting allocated media DL000012".....any help would be appreciated, thanks

 

[Zelandakh]

That is usually caused by the software waiting for you to eject the tape.

Try ejecting the tape and see if it then goes to 100%.

Zel

 

[CFE]

Thanks Zel. What happens though, is that it hangs at 99% untill I eject it, then it fails. I've turned off eject media when job completes, still the same thing, However I tried a small back up yesterday during the day as a test and it had no errors, But this morning, it failed again. Possible hardware problem?

 

[humse]

Please try the following Technote. Note although the Technote title is realting to a Travan tape device but it resolves the same issue which you are getting. Please use it ...it is a very good Technote

When performing a backup operation with Backup Exec for Windows NT v8.0, v7.3, v7.2 or v7.01 using a DLT or Travan tape drive or a tape drive controlled by RAIDirector, the backup hangs at 99% until the user responds to a tape eject prompt

http://seer.support.veritas.com/tnotes/bewnt/192055.htm