BENT 8.6 - Strange problem with job finishing

[CBradshaw]

Hi all,


The daily backup seems to work ok, until it gets within sight of the finish line so to speak....as I come into work in the morning and check the backup, and BENT tells me that it is expecting me to insert some 'media' into the drive. Now I obviously had done this the night before, and on the Backup screen it shows that the byte count is to a level that would suggest almost everything (if not everything) has been backup sucesfully, however it doesn't seem to be recognising this, and ejecting my backup tape only to ask for it back again.

Any ideas why these jobs are not finishing correctly.

Cheers

Craig Bradshaw

 

[SQLBill]

Are you sure it's not filling the tape up and needing a second tape to finish?

-Bill

 

[CBradshaw]

Yes im sure...the tapes are DDS3 and are 12gb ..whereas the data stored that we are backing up in this instance is 5gb

Any other idea...maybe I will try without the Verify after backup...have heard that the data can be fine but the verification may still fail with BENT 8.6

 

[PerryMc]

Is it not finishing the backup or the verify after the backup?

Smile anyway,
Perry.

 

[CBradshaw]

Very Good question.

I have checked the log. It seems to write all the data just about....or at least the huge majority of it, and then ejects the media. This morning the same happened, so I put it back in and clicked on the yes to insert media. The backup then finished and displayed a 'failed' status and the subsequent backup (scheduled) was put on hold status.

Below is a clipping from the log:

<snip snip>
Media Label: Win2k#1
Overwrite Protection Time Left: None
Append Time Left: Infinite
Targeted Media Set Name: Media Set 1
The media provided to continue the backup already contains data
from one or more sets created during this operation.
The operation can not be continued

Backup completed on 19/11/2002 at 07:41:07 .
Backed up 1443 files in 41 directories.
Processed 3,920,462,736 bytes in 2 hours, 16 minutes, and 37 seconds.
Throughput rate: 27.4 MB/min

Any help appreciated

Cheers

 

[HbO]

what if you put a blank tape?

 

[CBradshaw]

Also another good question....I have none. It seems as thought the backup is working...as it counts the bytes etc....however its just not finishing is it?

Cheers

 

[SQLBill]

It looks like your backup is filling up the tape and needs a second tape to finish. In other words...you've done a few backups and now there is only enough room to do a partial backup. Try initializing/formatting the tape to allow your backup to overwrite everything on the tape.

-SQLBill

 

[CBradshaw]

OK don't laugh......

We had a Group IT Manager in the other day. (Our site is part of a larger group) and i asked him to bring some tapes as he was coming. He swapped them over for me, however he took my DDS3's and gave me DDS2's which are 4gb/8gb therefore we use no compression and the tape was running out indeed.

Heh...I didn't think to check if the IT Network Manager had sorted the damn tapes correctly....all sorted now.

cheers for responses anyway

It looked like that to me...the tape filling up, but how could it be when I have 12gb tapes (!) ;o)

Sorry for me being stupid

Cheers

 

[SQLBill]

It's not being stupid...it was just an oversight. You do something one way for a while and you take it for granted that nothing has changed. Sometimes it just takes that other person to look over your shoulder and say 'Have you tried this?'. I've had a few of those 'DOH!!!' moments myself.

-Bill