bad media question 2

[mscallisto]

In my Devices tab under Standalone Drives, I click on a drive and notice in the Cartridge Lable column the message says <BAD MEDIA> not the normal Cartridge Lable name.


Using Backup Exec 8.0 Rev 3311 OS is NT sp6

The drive in question [Digital TZ88N] just replaced a [Digital TZ87N] drive that quit working.

I believe I did the replacement correctly.

My question is what exactly does <BAD MEDIA> indicate?
Is my replacement drive also bad or have I failed to set it up correctly?

Are there tape drive diagnostic utilities I could be using?

Any help appreciated

 

[packdragon]

I had one tape that was working correctly suddenly show up as &quot;bad media&quot; as well. I read in a Veritas technote to try erasing the tape. I did a quick erase, and the tape is back to normal. Maybe you should try it.

 

[SQLBill]

Bad Media indicates a presumed problem with a tape not with a tape drive.

As packdragon posted, the normal solution is to erase the bad media tape. I usually suggest using the Label Media option as that also does an erase.

-SQLBill

 

[mscallisto]

Thanks to Both...worked just fine!...very happy.


BTW do you happen to know where one might find firmware upgrades to these tired old [Digital TZ88N] drives?