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what controller are you running your tape drive off of?
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what controller are you running your tape drive off of?

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oh, nevermind, I'm an idiot....<br />
so it is connected to the 2nd channel of the perc 4/di?<br />
go to bios and go to integrated devices, make sure that the 2nd channel is in scsi mode and not raid mode.<br />
It is generally recommended that you run a tape drive off of a separate controller though.
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oh, nevermind, I'm an idiot....
so it is connected to the 2nd channel of the perc 4/di?
go to bios and go to integrated devices, make sure that the 2nd channel is in scsi mode and not raid mode.
It is generally recommended that you run a tape drive off of a separate controller though.

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Thank you, I thought I read somewhere that it should generally be on a separate controller. If I can get the down time on the server I'll check out the bios.<br />
Thanks again
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Thank you, I thought I read somewhere that it should generally be on a separate controller. If I can get the down time on the server I'll check out the bios.
Thanks again

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Have a client with a Dell Poweredge 2600 running SBS2003 with Internal Benchmark DLTape DLT1/VS80 and Veritas 9.1 build 4691<br />
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Back ups are successful in only about 1 in 10 attempts. Error Message is &quot;The Request could not be performed because of an I/O device error&quot; The following things have been done to address this issue:<br />
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1. Replaced Tape Drive<br />
2. Replaced Tapes<br />
3. Updated drivers from Veritas.<br />
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My company is about to suggest the purchase of a Host Adapter and put the dirve on it (Currently connected to MOBO SCSI) AND/OR upgrading to Veritas 10.1. Thoughts?<br />
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Have a client with a Dell Poweredge 2600 running SBS2003 with Internal Benchmark DLTape DLT1/VS80 and Veritas 9.1 build 4691

Back ups are successful in only about 1 in 10 attempts. Error Message is "The Request could not be performed because of an I/O device error" The following things have been done to address this issue:

1. Replaced Tape Drive
2. Replaced Tapes
3. Updated drivers from Veritas.

My company is about to suggest the purchase of a Host Adapter and put the dirve on it (Currently connected to MOBO SCSI) AND/OR upgrading to Veritas 10.1. Thoughts?



I/O Device Error while performing scheduled back up (Veritas 9.1 build 4691) on a Dell PowerEdge 2600

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