system state

[2k1yzfr6]

I am running Backup Exec 8.6 with dds 12/24 tapes. The backup is onlu about 17 gigs but it fails when it gets to the system state. here is the log....
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Job server: STERLWEB
Job name: Daily
Job started: Monday, January 03, 2005 at 11:00:03 PM
Job type: Backup
Job Log: BEX12.txt
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Drive and media information from media mount:
Robotic Library Name:
Drive Name: ARCHIVE 1
Slot: 0
Media GUID: {9B578A89-279D-4AD2-A003-EC4582EA2909}
Media Label: 4MM000013
Overwrite Protection Time Left: None
Append Time Left: Infinite
Targeted Media Set Name: Media Set 1

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Job Operation - Backup
Media operation - overwrite.
Hardware compression enabled.
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Media Name: "Daily"
Backup of "\\STERLWEB\Microsoft Exchange Mailboxes "
Backup set #1 on storage media #1
Backup set description: "Daily"
Backup Type: FULL - Back Up Files - Reset Archive Bit
Backup started on 1/3/2005 at 11:01:39 PM.

Backup completed on 1/4/2005 at 12:44:45 AM.
Backed up 74628 mail message(s) in 2130 folder(s) in 106 mailbox(es)
Processed 4,072,101,004 bytes in 1 hour, 43 minutes, and 6 seconds.
Throughput rate: 37.7 MB/min
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Media Name: "Daily"
Backup of "\\STERLWEB\Microsoft Information Store\First Storage Group "
Backup set #2 on storage media #1
Backup set description: "Daily"
Backup Type: FULL - Database & Logs (flush committed logs)
Backup started on 1/4/2005 at 12:44:48 AM.
Log files

Backup completed on 1/4/2005 at 1:32:02 AM.
Backed up 2 Exchange Server store(s)
Backed up Exchange Server logs
Processed 3,729,040,468 bytes in 47 minutes and 17 seconds.
Throughput rate: 75.2 MB/min
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Media Name: "Daily"
Backup of "C: "
Backup set #3 on storage media #1
Backup set description: "Daily"
Backup Type: FULL - Back Up Files - Reset Archive Bit
Backup started on 1/4/2005 at 1:32:09 AM.
The item \Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\JET46C5.tmp in use - skipped.
The item \Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\JETA662.tmp in use - skipped.
The item \Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\JETAC7F.tmp in use - skipped.
File "~DF556C.tmp" in use - Backed up.
File "~DF5575.tmp" in use - Backed up.
File "adamm.log" in use - Backed up.
File "namesvc.log" in use - Backed up.
File "pvl.ldb" in use - Backed up.
File "pvl.mdb" in use - Backed up.

Backup completed on 1/4/2005 at 1:44:50 AM.
Backed up 5097 files in 574 directories.
6 files were in use
3 items were skipped.
Processed 917,919,128 bytes in 12 minutes and 41 seconds.
Throughput rate: 69.0 MB/min
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Media Name: "Daily"
Backup of "E: "
Backup set #4 on storage media #1
Backup set description: "Daily"
Backup Type: FULL - Back Up Files - Reset Archive Bit
Backup started on 1/4/2005 at 1:44:52 AM.
File "data.dat" in use - Backed up.
File "debug.txt" in use - Backed up.
File "EventLog" in use - Backed up.
File "data.dat" in use - Backed up.
File "debug.txt" in use - Backed up.
The item \Program Files\Exchsrvr\ExchangeServer_STERLWEB\ExchangeServer_STERLWEB.edb in use - skipped.
The item \Program Files\Exchsrvr\ExchangeServer_STERLWEB\MSS.log in use - skipped.
The item \Program Files\Exchsrvr\ExchangeServer_STERLWEB\MSStmp.log in use - skipped.
The item \Program Files\Exchsrvr\ExchangeServer_STERLWEB\tmp.edb in use - skipped.
File "privFD5334E9.327.gthr" in use - Backed up.
File "pubBA39C8C0.8.gthr" in use - Backed up.
File "privFD5334E9.Hash.gthr" in use - Backed up.
File "privFD5334E9.Hash.gthr.Dir" in use - Backed up.
File "privFD5334E9.Hash.gthr.h0" in use - Backed up.
File "privFD5334E9.Hash.gthr.h0.Dir" in use - Backed up.
File "privFD5334E9.Hash.gthr.h1" in use - Backed up.
File "privFD5334E9.Hash.gthr.h1.Dir" in use - Backed up.
File "privFD5334E9.Hash.gthr.h3" in use - Backed up.
File "privFD5334E9.Hash.gthr.h4A" in use - Backed up.
File "privFD5334E9.Hash.gthr.h4A.Dir" in use - Backed up.
File "privFD5334E9.Hash.gthr.h4B" in use - Backed up.
File "privFD5334E9.Hash.gthr.h4B.Dir" in use - Backed up.
File "privFD5334E9.Hash.gthr.idx" in use - Backed up.
File "privFD5334E9.Idm.gthr" in use - Backed up.
File "privFD5334E9.Ntfy1.gthr" in use - Backed up.
File "00010001.ci" in use - Backed up.
File "CiCL0001.000" in use - Backed up.
File "CiPT0000.000" in use - Backed up.
File "CiSL0001.000" in use - Backed up.
File "INDEX.000" in use - Backed up.
File "CiST0000.000" in use - Backed up.
File "DocId.Map" in use - Backed up.
File "pubBA39C8C0.Hash.gthr" in use - Backed up.
File "pubBA39C8C0.Hash.gthr.Dir" in use - Backed up.
File "pubBA39C8C0.Hash.gthr.h0" in use - Backed up.
File "pubBA39C8C0.Hash.gthr.h0.Dir" in use - Backed up.
File "pubBA39C8C0.Hash.gthr.h1" in use - Backed up.
File "pubBA39C8C0.Hash.gthr.h1.Dir" in use - Backed up.
File "pubBA39C8C0.Hash.gthr.h3" in use - Backed up.
File "pubBA39C8C0.Hash.gthr.h4A" in use - Backed up.
File "pubBA39C8C0.Hash.gthr.h4A.Dir" in use - Backed up.
File "pubBA39C8C0.Hash.gthr.h4B" in use - Backed up.
File "pubBA39C8C0.Hash.gthr.h4B.Dir" in use - Backed up.
File "pubBA39C8C0.Hash.gthr.idx" in use - Backed up.
File "pubBA39C8C0.Idm.gthr" in use - Backed up.
File "pubBA39C8C0.Ntfy1.gthr" in use - Backed up.
File "00010003.ci" in use - Backed up.
File "CiCL0001.000" in use - Backed up.
File "CiPT0000.000" in use - Backed up.
File "CiSL0001.000" in use - Backed up.
File "INDEX.000" in use - Backed up.
File "CiST0000.000" in use - Backed up.
File "DocId.Map" in use - Backed up.
The item \Program Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\E00.log in use - skipped.
The item \Program Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\E00tmp.log in use - skipped.
The item \Program Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\priv1.edb in use - skipped.
The item \Program Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\priv1.stm in use - skipped.
The item \Program Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\pub1.edb in use - skipped.
The item \Program Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\pub1.stm in use - skipped.
The item \Program Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\tmp.edb in use - skipped.
File "AP0.LOG" in use - Backed up.
File "BF0.LOG" in use - Backed up.
File "DB000003.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB000005.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB000008.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB000009.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB00000A.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB00000B.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB00000C.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB00000D.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB00000E.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB00000F.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB000010.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB000011.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB000012.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB000013.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB000014.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB000015.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB000016.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB000017.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB000018.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB000019.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB00001A.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB00001B.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB00001C.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB00001D.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB00001E.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB00001F.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB000021.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB000022.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DB000027.DAT" in use - Backed up.
File "DBREFS" in use - Backed up.
File "EV0.LOG" in use - Backed up.
File "20050104.log" in use - Backed up.

Backup completed on 1/4/2005 at 3:06:28 AM.
Backed up 12041 files in 355 directories.
83 files were in use
11 items were skipped.
Processed 8,263,157,410 bytes in 1 hour, 21 minutes, and 36 seconds.
Throughput rate: 96.6 MB/min
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Media Name: "Daily"
Backup of "\\STERLWEB\System?State "
Backup set #5 on storage media #1
Backup set description: "Daily"
Backup Type: FULL - Back Up Files - Reset Archive Bit
Backup started on 1/4/2005 at 3:06:29 AM.

Drive and media information from media mount:
Robotic Library Name:
Drive Name: ARCHIVE 1

 

[justin2000]

The tape is full and it needs another tape.

 

[2k1yzfr6]

It doesn't make sense that the tape is full. I had other jobs run on this server that are larger and they fit on one tape. It is only about 17 gigs of data and my tapes are 12/24 gig. When I put the new tape in it only backs up about 200 mb of data and then completes.

 

[Prydonian]

From the sounds of it, you're getting almost a 1.5:1 compression ratio. That's pretty good. Executable and binary files don't compress very well (unlike text files) and most ZIP'd files actually get larger when run through software or hardware compression.

Unless you're backing up pure text, you'll never even get close to a 2:1 ratio. The most reliable figure to bank on is the 12G native capacity of the tape. Anything beyond that is pure gravy. It's no surprise that it's asking for a second tape after 17Gigs.....

Mike

 

[steveot]

Prydonian and Justin are on track. It all depends on what type of data you backing up. Just becuase one job write 17gig and anotehr 20gigs is the type of data being backed up. As prydonian report usually the rule of thumb for Great compression is half the difference..so 18gig in you case would be the breaking point.

 

[justin2000]

Well there ya go, you put a new tape in and it finished the backup off. The tape is full and you needed another one.

 

[ashleym]

Yeah 17G on a 12/24 is pretty good, but for sure you are hitting the max capacity.

AM