Reached end of medium ? (backup)

[shinga]

i'm getting the error message, " Reached end of medium " when doing my backups, eventhough the capacity of the tape is enough for the data i'm backing up to fit. WHAT IS WRONG? and How can i fix it?

 

[SteveS815]

This could indicate a faulty tape or "dirty" tape drive. Try running a cleaning cartridge first. Also, you can run "tape erase" from the command line to reformat the cartridge. All data on the tape will be lost.

 

[Guest_imported]

what backup s/w are you using?
I know that if using Microlite's Backup Edge and having an incorrect volume size specified will result in similar message...
are you using cpio - if so, try using the "B" option in your output options string (example: cpio -ocvdumB -O/dev/rStp0) it has resolved this for me in the past...

good luck !

 

[shinga]

thanks guys! had the tape drive attended to, it initially didn't yealed any results, but on Sunday my backups & restores started going through. but i've got one more question. i've tried backing up onto DISK into a specific directory i have created but i'm getting the message "cannot create" i'm using "cpio -ovcBdum " for the backup, any suggestions.

 

[KenCunningham]

Not sure if this will help, but because you're using the d option to cpio, you're saying 'create directories as needed'. Are you sure you have appropriate permissions to be able to do this in the area you're backing up to? HTH.

 

[shinga]

thanks Ken, but i'm still getting the same error even after i remove the d option to cpio