Write protected tape (Arcserve 9.0: W3832 Unable to find blank media)

[wveeninga]

We're using Brightstor Arcserve 9.0 since 2 months now.
Before that we had Arcserve 6.5 and now i discovered a little difference in how Arcserve handles write protected tapes.

In 6.5 when the backup failes it is logged (in arcserve) as write protected.
Arcserve 9.0 just logs "W3832 Unable to find blank media" which also can indicate that the tape is not placed or unuseful.

Is this a bug in the new arcserve that is doesn't report the tape to be write protected ?

Who recognizes this problem or can help me out ?

William Veeninga
The Netherlands

 

[mohamdr]

Hi
The Warning "W3832 Unable to find blank media" is general
arcsserve warning which mean there is no Blank tape it doesn't matter since there is no Blank media is same as wrirte procteded both led to one way there is no Blank tape
to complete your backup operation.

It is not a bug it is normal,you don't need to worry about it. Forget it!

regards,
mohamamdr