error W3828

[dmauri]

Hi list,

every day I get this error 'Unable to find this media or blank media'.
I'm turning crazy, because it seems all is fine. the media pool, the cartridges, etc...


release: 9.0 build 2200

any help would be appreciated

 

[davidmichel]

Do the jobs run?

If the message comes up and jobs run forget about it, it is looking for a tape which is unavailable and so it used a different tape.

If the jobs fail then do a Quick Erase Plus on a tape and leave it for the job to use.

 

[dmauri]

Yes, the job runs
but there are two cartridges per media pool, when the first is full the second one doesn't begin to backup files, and then appears the message.
I have formatted and erased a lot of times, then it works, but when the job is rescheduled next time it fails again.

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[davidmichel]

2 tapes per pool??? If you only have 2 tapes per pool why bother using pools at all.

With media pools the seq. #2 tape is not tracked seperately it is considered same as the seq. #1 tape. So if the seq.#1 tape is in the scratch set so is the seq.#2.

So it is important that both tapes are always kept together in the same group.

You might want to consider not using media pools and go to either a custom or simple rotation job.

 

[dmauri]

How?????

each tape is 200Gb.
why can I make it? if I have more than 200gb.
selecting, e.g, 150 gb in one tape, and then selecting the rest to another tape.
How can I do one job after another?
I'm a bit confused.....

 

[davidmichel]

No need, the job will automatically span and go to the seq. #2 or a blank tape.