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Hi Folks, We had the backup of a single library go WAY longer than normal. Still trying to ascertain what happened. The library did NOT radically increase in size. There MIGHT have been some big jobs running against it (still checking that). There might be a problem with the tape cartridge. I am leaning to the tape cartridge at this point because the same job ran fine the night before and the night after this SLOW run... We are using the IBM 9427-210 Cartridge Tape 8MM unit which isn't real fast - I came from a shop where we had a 3590 - I miss my 3590 ;-( Anyway, here is a sampling of the stats: Work with Lifetime Statistics Removable media . . . . . . : 8-mm cartridge tape Type options, press Enter. 4=Delete entry 6=Print entry Volume --Temporary Error--- --Perm Error-- -------K Bytes-------- Opt ID Read Write Read Write Read Written ******** 87 0 0 0 7 7 0004#2 8 0 0 0 6 6 0005#2 1 0 0 0 3 3 > 000099 56 522380 0 0 7 6364824 > 000045 20 96584 0 0 8 1431955 000032 220 5834 0 0 176 90783 > 000041 19 126159 0 0 5 2117392 > 000044 2 87053 0 0 5 1548572 000099 is the tape in question in this case. I know that the > means "Media may exceed replacement criteria". What I am most interested in is understanding the Temporary and Perm Errors. Obviously the Write errors under Temporary Errors is very high. Does this indicate a serious problem with the tape surface ? If if does, from my recording days and I can understand it bouncing back and forth trying to find a good spot, etc. and this REALLY adding to the save time. Am I in the ballpark on this ? Thanks ! Chuck
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