Solstice Backup issues

From: Billy Talton (billy.talton@cornerstone.net)
Date: Fri Aug 22 2003 - 11:33:00 EDT


 All,
 Lets me first state that I am a Solstice newbie. Ive inherited a Sun
Enterprise 250 which has a tape Backup job that keeps failing (see
/nsr/logs/messages output below.) I know little about Solstice and
unfortunately have no one I can call for assistance. Heres what I know.
I do have a box of 7-8 previously used DTLTapes. Ive tried replacing the
tapes daily but this does not correct the issue. Id like to recycle
these tapes weekly. My questions are as follows

- How can I verify that the contents of the tapes?- How can I recycle the
tapes such that the annoying message would stop occurring?I am in dire
straits here and would appreciate any kind advice and/or references such as
an easy-to-read tutorial, website, etc. Ill give any pertinent information
you need  provided you may have to tell me the script execute to retrieve
it. Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,

Billy Talton
Cornerstone Consulting, Inc.
www.cornerstone.net
414-212-3500/414-467-6827
billy.talton@cornerstone.net

_________________Aug 22 04:48:27 accuvaldb root: Solstice Backup media:
(critical) backup to pool 'accuval' waiting for 1 writable backup tape(s)Aug
22 05:03:59 accuvaldb root: Solstice Backup media: (waiting) backup to pool
'accuval' waiting for 1 writable backup tape(s)Aug 22 05:19:01 accuvaldb
root: Solstice Backup media: (critical) backup to pool 'accuval' waiting for
1 writable backup tape(s)Aug 22 05:34:33 accuvaldb root: Solstice Backup
media: (waiting) backup to pool 'accuval' waiting for 1 writable backup
tape(s)Aug 22 05:49:35 accuvaldb root: Solstice Backup media: (critical)
backup to pool 'accuval' waiting for 1 writable backup tape(s)Aug 22
06:05:10 accuvaldb root: Solstice Backup media: (waiting) backup to pool
'accuval' waiting for 1 writable backup tape(s)Aug 22 06:20:12 accuvaldb
root: Solstice Backup media: (critical) backup to pool 'accuval' waiting for
1 writable backup tape(s)Aug 22 06:35:44 accuvaldb root: Solstice Backup
media: (waiting) backup to pool 'accuval' waiting for 1 writable backup
tape(s)Aug 22 06:50:46 accuvaldb root: Solstice Backup media: (critical)
backup to pool 'accuval' waiting for 1 writable backup tape(s)Aug 22
07:06:18 accuvaldb root: Solstice Backup media: (waiting) backup to pool
'accuval' waiting for 1 writable backup tape(s)Aug 22 07:21:20 accuvaldb
root: Solstice Backup media: (critical) backup to pool 'accuval' waiting for
1 writable backup tape(s)Aug 22 07:36:52 accuvaldb root: Solstice Backup
media: (waiting) backup to pool 'accuval' waiting for 1 writable backup
tape(s)Aug 22 07:51:54 accuvaldb root: Solstice Backup media: (critical)
backup to pool 'accuval' waiting for 1 writable backup tape(s)Aug 22
08:07:28 accuvaldb root: Solstice Backup media: (waiting) backup to pool
'accuval' waiting for 1 writable backup tape(s)Aug 22 08:22:30 accuvaldb
root: Solstice Backup media: (critical) backup to pool 'accuval' waiting for
1 writable backup tape(s)Aug 22 08:38:02 accuvaldb root: Solstice Backup
media: (waiting) backup to pool 'accuval' waiting for 1 writable backup
tape(s)Aug 22 08:53:04 accuvaldb root: Solstice Backup media: (critical)
backup to pool 'accuval' waiting for 1 writable backup tape(s)Aug 22
09:08:36 accuvaldb root: Solstice Backup media: (waiting) backup to pool
'accuval' waiting for 1 writable backup tape(s)Aug 22 09:23:38 accuvaldb
root: Solstice Backup media: (critical) backup to pool 'accuval' waiting for
1 writable backup tape(s)Aug 22 09:39:10 accuvaldb root: Solstice Backup
media: (waiting) backup to pool 'accuval' waiting for 1 writable backup
tape(s)
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