Retrospect client port manual#

Retrospect client port manual#

Consult the manual that came with your tape drive or contact the drive manufacturer for cleaning recommendations.Īnother device is causing interference. The heads on the tape drive are dirty and need to be cleaned. The media is physically defective and needs to be replaced. Contact your drive vendor for advice before assuming a drive needs repair. If tapes are recognized in one drive but not another of the same type, it is possible that one drive needs repair. If possible, try your tape or tapes in a compatible tape drive. See SCSI Issues for detailed instructions on troubleshooting your SCSI bus. If all tapes are unrecognized, then they were either all created in a different tape drive, there is a problem with your SCSI configuration, or your tape drive may be broken.

If only one tape does then either it is damaged, it has been written to by other backup software, or it was created in a different, incompatible tape drive. Tape drives need to be cleaned regularly with special cleaning cartridges (see Cleaning Your Tape Drive).Ĭheck if other tapes also show as content unrecognized. Refer to the Retrospect web site for current information on tapes that each tape drive supports.Ĭlean your tape drive and continue to clean it according to your drive vendor’s recommendations. For example, DDS-4 150 meter tapes cannot be read by DDS-1, -2, or -3 drives. Make sure the tape cartridge you are inserting is compatible with your tape drive. To customize these default preferences for an individual client:.Locking client features and preferences.Upgrading from a previous version of Retrospect.