The parameter is incorrect.......

[incompass]

anyone have any ideas on this???


Anyone make heads or tails of this error? There is no real error and nothing
to go off of. I have tried all the different types of hardware compression
as well as none. I have tried all the backup options under the job itself. I
have tried updating drivers, uninstalling and reinstalling the software.
THis is a new AIT drive with a brand new adaptec2960 dedicated card. THe
drive is on scsi id 0 and i have disabled disconnect in the bios. IT doesnt
matter what i do, i still get this error....The parameter is incorrect. The
job will start, preprocess, run for a few seconds, and then go into a on
hold (failed) state.

I have been working on this for 3 days and we havent had a backup in
forever. I just spent over 1500 on hardware for the backup and it still wont
work.

Any ideas?

======================================================================
Job server: Test
Job name: BACKUP
Job started: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 9:51:16 AM
Job type: Backup
Job Log: BEX01.txt
======================================================================

Drive and media information from media mount:
Robotic Library Name:
Drive Name: SONY 1
Slot: 0
Media GUID: {91E71E0D-1A7C-43B9-8C06-457E278D2ADB}
Media Label: 8MM000003
Overwrite Protection Time Left: None
Append Time Left: Infinite
Targeted Media Set Name: Sony AIT

======================================================================
Job Operation - Backup
Media operation - append.
No compression enabled.
======================================================================
Performing Remote Agent backup

Storage device "SONY 1" reported an error on a request to read data from
media.

Error reported:
The parameter is incorrect.

^ ^ ^ ^ ^



An unknown error occurred on device "SONY 1".^ ^ ^ ^ ^



Backup completed on 8/12/2003 at 9:51:58 AM.
Backed up 0 files in 0 directories.
Processed 0 bytes in 1 second.
Throughput rate: 0.0 MB/min
----------------------------------------------------------------------

======================================================================
Job ended: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 9:51:58 AM
Job completion status: Failed
======================================================================

 

[packdragon]

Are the SCSI drivers for this device up to date? Maybe try getting one from Veritas.

- Zoe, that's ZOH-EEE, get it right please
- Just a little ol' MCP at Solien Technology
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http://www.solien.com

 

[Northerly]

I am having the same problem.

My drive is a Sony AITi90V-A (IDE not SCSI).

If can execute a backup in W2K Backup prog, but anything done in Veritas Backup Exec 8.6 fails.

Did you end up solving this?

Thanks.

 

[packdragon]

You will probably need to get up-to-date drivers from the Veritas website. They generally work better for using Backup Exec to back up files than the drivers that comes with the hardware.

- Zoe, that's ZOH-EEE, get it right please
- Just a little ol' MCP at Solien Technology
-

http://www.solien.com

 

[Krek2]

Tab devices
Device properties
Configuration
Put Block Size to 64K

That's it

 

[TheDonMiguel]

incompass,

do not use the id 0, 1 or 6 for a Tape-Device. 0+1 are for bootable system like harddisks. 6 is the default id for the adaptec scsi controller. I would suggest you to use the id 2. You should also update the SCSI-Controller Driver in Windows... When you check your Event-Log Files. Do you get some errors with the ID 7,9 or 11?

rgdrs
TDM