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| Thread ID: 50201 | 2004-10-13 20:13:00 | The requested media failed to mount. The operation was aborted. | Myke (3277) | Press F1 |
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| 280911 | 2004-10-13 20:13:00 | I'm using the free back Up utility on XP to back up a PC . Several PCs back up to the computer in question (about three hours prior) . The back ups are going to tape . What confuses me just a tad is that if the media fails to mount and the operation is aborted, why does it still back up 14 gig and take 3 and a half hours? Content being backed up has changed . Should I consider erasing the tapes, deleting the catalogues? I haven't used this utility previously and despite searching microsoft and googling, haven't found anything helpful . I've posted the report log below . Backup Status Operation: Backup Active backup destination: 4mm DDS Media name: "RECEPTION-Fri-08-10-2004-11-00" Backup (via shadow copy) of "C: " Backup set #1 on media #1 Backup description: "daily Fri-08-10-2004-11-00" Media name: "RECEPTION-Fri-08-10-2004-11-00" Backup Type: Normal Backup started on 8/10/2004 at 11:01 p . m . . The requested media failed to mount . The operation was aborted . The operation was ended . Backup completed on 9/10/2004 at 2:29 a . m . . Directories: 645 Files: 11828 Bytes: 14,156,696,459 Time: 3 hours, 27 minutes, and 5 seconds ---------------------- The operation did not successfully complete . ---------------------- |
Myke (3277) | ||
| 280912 | 2004-10-13 21:21:00 | Myke, Do you have something "Spare" you can attempt to restore on. or some way of integrity checking the tape . It could just be an odd displayed incorrect error, or a real problem, it has obviously written something to the tape. D. |
drb1 (4492) | ||
| 280913 | 2004-10-14 00:41:00 | This looks like a case of misleading error messages . Such things do occur . ;-) You may have written "RECEPTION-Fri-08- . . . . [etc]" on the case of the tape . But unless there has been a tape label block written to the tape, the hardware doesn't know . This is old technology . The tape label is used as a protection against accidents . The OS/backup software relies on it to know who owns the tape, when it was written, when it can be overwritten, who can read the tape . . . So what happens is this: (1) you have told it to use "Media name RECEPTION-Fri-08 . . . [etc]" (2) the software looks for a tape label block at the very start of the tape . If it's a new tape there might not be one, or there might be a default one . (3)Anyway, it didn't find one containing the label "RECEPTION-Fri-08 . . . ", so it complains . On a mainframe, there would be an operator command which actually writes a suitable label to the tape and the OS would automatically look again, and start the backup when it finds the correct label . Since this is not a mainframe, with trained operators, it probably just gives a warning . . . giving you a chance to realise that you have put the wrong tape on . . . then it will have timed out then automatically written a label block and started the backup . If you mount that tape, it should tell you that it has that "Media name" now . And the 14 GB are probably all there . ;-) |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 280914 | 2004-10-14 01:15:00 | P.S. Just looked at the last line of the logfile again ... I'd strongy suggest you check the tape contents ... (not just "catalogs" on disk). Look for a "Label" command in the backup software though I guess it would automatically do it as I suggested. Does the tape appear in "My Computer"? See if you can explore it ... and see what the tape is labelled. | Graham L (2) | ||
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