Could not position tape

[Josefb]

We are using Networker server 6.1.1 on Win 2000 server - with ATL library.
I have to recover about 15 GB of data to our Netware client.
When server reads the first tape after recovering about 4 MB of data the drive goes into cycle and following messages can be seen:
"\\.\Tape0 moving:fsr 167:The semaphore timeout has expired"
"Media emergency:could not position ... to file ...record ..."
I have checked the drive, the HW test shows no error. Our vendor tested the whole library without any errors from tape drives.

Any tips are welcome.

Many thanks

Josef

 

[rgzimmer]

Can you recover the same data from another time period (meaning another tape)? I would lean toward bad data unless this occurs with all recoveries, then you may want to look at your Novell server and make sure it has all the appropriate patches.

 

[Josefb]

Thanks for reply.
I have completed the recover process from another tape drive (with the first drive disabled) without problem!
But our vendor says all drives are O.K. .....

Josef

 

[rgzimmer]

Make sure that all of the drives have the correct configuration settings and aren't set to the wrong drive type.