The semaphore timeout period has expired

[age]

Storage device "DLT1" reported an error on a request to read data from media.

Error reported:
The semaphore timeout period has expired.

^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Anybody know what this indicates? It happen during verification - the backup seems fine, but reported a failure because of this error message. I cheched on veritas.com but couldn't find a reference to this error.

We're using Backup Exec 8.5 on an NT4 Server sp6a with an Overland Autoloader and Quantum DLT drive.

Any hints as to what happened would be much appreciated.

Cheers.

Adrian.

 

[DeanSpencer]

Here ya go. Check here, this ought to help out.

http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/190598.htm

Good Luck..
A+ MCP
deans@bellsouth.net

 

[age]

Hmm seems to have been a one off... Backups are fine today... I checked out the link, but we are already using the latest drivers, and the backup has been working fine for a few weeks (we've only been using Backup Exec for a few weeks).... anyway, all the while it's working I won't worry about it... cheers for your help.

Adrian.