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Check that the drive has been cleaned
Action recommended Additional information
Insert a cleaning cartridge into the drive and
wait for the clean to take place. The tape is
ejected at the end.
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clean light flashing on DAT
Drives.
Repeat the clean five times in total.
Check for expiry of cleaning tape.
Introduce a regular clean into your backup
strategy.
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ensuring a long life for the HP
DAT product.
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Check for back-up software issues
Action recommended Additional information
Check whether the backup scheduler
is going off unexpectedly.
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backup scheduler going off
unexpectedly.
Check for other common issues with
Tapeware 6.0(XE).
Click here for information on common
issues with TapeWare 6.0(XE) backup
software.
Check that virus scanning software is
not scheduled to run at the same time
as the back-up.
Check your network resources
(bandwidth, run HP PAT test).
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performance troubleshooting and using
performance assessment tools.
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Check you can format a tape
Action recommended Additional information
Try and format a tape.
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Check IRQ assigning
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