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I look at these things all the time.

My question, however, is with the tapes. I really want an idea on how long
the tapes should last.


On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Norm Dennis <nhdennis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You're tempting fate :-)

When was the last time you did a review of your backup processes?
Has there been much growth in the volume of data you backup?
Has there been any business changes that may affect your processes?
Has there been any technological advances that may benefit the business?

Cheers,


Norm Dennis

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From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Jeff Crosby
Sent: Thursday, 11 July 2013 9:05 PM
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: [PCTECH] When to replace LTO4 tapes

Wanted to pick everyone's brain.

Our Windows servers get backed up to an HP LTO4 SCSI tape drive. Last
night
it failed with the software saying the tape had media errors and don't you
ever ever ever use that tape again. I put a new tape into service and am
running that backup now.

There are 10 LTO4 tapes for this backup. Each has used once every other
week for approximately 4 years now. I can replace them at $25 apiece.
Should I? Should these tapes last longer? How do I know in a Windows
environment that it's time to replace a tape? If it's time, I may as well
do all 10 at once.

Our System i tapes have been in use longer than 4 years without issue. But
I get a report every Friday morning on the System i that will tell me tape
errors. There never are any, so I keep using the same tapes.

Thanks.

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VP Information Systems
UniPro FoodService/Dilgard
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531
www.dilgardfoods.com

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