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Hi There,<br />
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I'm having a weird issue, I've got a tape drive crash few days ago and i purchased a used one. The tape by itself is fully functional but when I put it in the library I cant do any. Ive verify the SCSI ID and its fine he took the same as the old unit. I did some basic test already.. &nbsp;but Im not sure if I need to look at the tape or soft. <br />
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On the library, I start a cleaning job from the control panel, it took the tape into the drive, clean itself and put it back so I think the library is ok. <br />
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When Im starting a cleaning job on VERITAS, it says 10-15% done but no tape has been moved to the tape drive. &nbsp;Normally, we can see a green arrow on the tape unit when its used. <br />
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Anyone have an idea where I can look first to troubleshoot our issue? Software ? hardware? &nbsp;Sun tech charge around 1000$ for a visit!<br />

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Hi There,
 
I'm having a weird issue, I've got a tape drive crash few days ago and i purchased a used one. The tape by itself is fully functional but when I put it in the library I cant do any. Ive verify the SCSI ID and its fine he took the same as the old unit. I did some basic test already..  but Im not sure if I need to look at the tape or soft. 

On the library, I start a cleaning job from the control panel, it took the tape into the drive, clean itself and put it back so I think the library is ok. 

When Im starting a cleaning job on VERITAS, it says 10-15% done but no tape has been moved to the tape drive.  Normally, we can see a green arrow on the tape unit when its used. 

Anyone have an idea where I can look first to troubleshoot our issue? Software ? hardware?  Sun tech charge around 1000$ for a visit!


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