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| 1:15 so far to erase a tape. Why so long? |
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Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:44:01 -070 |
It still hasn't finished erasing the tape yet. Been 1:15 so far. HP 1/8 G2
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| Re: 1:15 so far to erase a tape. Why so long? |
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Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:19:00 -070 |
Will just do the mark as free from now on. I let it run for 2. hours and
still was not done. Is that normal? Never actually done a long erase on a
LTO 3 tape before so not sure if something is wrong or if it should take that
long
"Mukul Shekhawat [MSFT]" wrote:
> Hi Dan,
>
> Your case it would be feasible if you can just mark tape as free from
> Library Management tab.
> That will solve your problem for re-use of the tape. DPM will treat this
> tape as not data on it and will write from the beginning.
>
> --
> Thanks
> Mukul
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights
> "IT Staff" <jkklim@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%237h2ct4mIHA.5944@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> > The answers i got it from forum
> > ===============================
> >
> > 1st answer
> > DPM Erase operation is long erase operation and does not support short
> > erase.
> >
> > If your intention is to re-use tape in DPM which are already written,
> > please use mark free operation from DPM.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 2nd answer
> >
> >
> >
> > 1) Mount media to be erased into drive.
> >
> > 2) Open command prompt and type below command
> >
> > 3) >mytape1.exe \\.\tape0 {è where \\.\tape0 is logical
path name
> > of drive in which media is mounted)
> >
> > 4) Then use erasetape -> s short erase option as shown belo
in
> > snapshot.
> >
> > 5) Once it finishes use 'q' option to exit.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The tool i upload to : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DZODYJ0K
> >
> >
> > ===============================
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Dan" <dmorris@basicbusiness.com> wrote in message
> > news:FD2CCE48-02E0-4395-AF81-089298DA6BB4@microsoft.com...
> >> It still hasn't finished erasing the tape yet. Been 1:15 so far.
HP 1/8
> >> G2
> >> Ultrium 920. Is there a quick erase option? This is taking way
too
> >> long.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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| Re: 1:15 so far to erase a tape. Why so long? |
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Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:12:24 +053 |
Hi Dan,
Your case it would be feasible if you can just mark tape as free from
Library Management tab.
That will solve your problem for re-use of the tape. DPM will treat this
tape as not data on it and will write from the beginning.
--
Thanks
Mukul
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights
"IT Staff" <jkklim@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%237h2ct4mIHA.5944@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> The answers i got it from forum
> ===============================
>
> 1st answer
> DPM Erase operation is long erase operation and does not support short
> erase.
>
> If your intention is to re-use tape in DPM which are already written,
> please use mark free operation from DPM.
>
>
>
>
>
> 2nd answer
>
>
>
> 1) Mount media to be erased into drive.
>
> 2) Open command prompt and type below command
>
> 3) >mytape1.exe \\.\tape0 {è where \\.\tape0 is logical path name
> of drive in which media is mounted)
>
> 4) Then use erasetape -> s short erase option as shown belo in
> snapshot.
>
> 5) Once it finishes use 'q' option to exit.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> The tool i upload to : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DZODYJ0K
>
>
> ===============================
>
>
>
>
> "Dan" <dmorris@basicbusiness.com> wrote in message
> news:FD2CCE48-02E0-4395-AF81-089298DA6BB4@microsoft.com...
>> It still hasn't finished erasing the tape yet. Been 1:15 so far. HP
1/8
>> G2
>> Ultrium 920. Is there a quick erase option? This is taking way too
>> long.
>
>
>
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| Re: 1:15 so far to erase a tape. Why so long? |
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Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:11:53 +053 |
Yes it will take long and you'll be surprised by the amount of time it takes
to erase a tape completely. And it is not in DPM control to reduce the time.
It's hardware related.
--
Thanks
Mukul
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights
"Dan" <dmorris@basicbusiness.com> wrote in message
news:713F16C5-C61A-414A-BD8C-3453ED190D21@microsoft.com...
> Will just do the mark as free from now on. I let it run for 2. hours and
> still was not done. Is that normal? Never actually done a long erase on
> a
> LTO 3 tape before so not sure if something is wrong or if it should take
> that
> long
>
> "Mukul Shekhawat [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>> Hi Dan,
>>
>> Your case it would be feasible if you can just mark tape as free from
>> Library Management tab.
>> That will solve your problem for re-use of the tape. DPM will treat
this
>> tape as not data on it and will write from the beginning.
>>
>> --
>> Thanks
>> Mukul
>>
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no
>> rights
>> "IT Staff" <jkklim@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%237h2ct4mIHA.5944@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> > The answers i got it from forum
>> > ===============================
>> >
>> > 1st answer
>> > DPM Erase operation is long erase operation and does not support
short
>> > erase.
>> >
>> > If your intention is to re-use tape in DPM which are already
written,
>> > please use mark free operation from DPM.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 2nd answer
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 1) Mount media to be erased into drive.
>> >
>> > 2) Open command prompt and type below command
>> >
>> > 3) >mytape1.exe \\.\tape0 {è where \\.\tape0 is logical
path
>> > name
>> > of drive in which media is mounted)
>> >
>> > 4) Then use erasetape -> s short erase option as shown
belo in
>> > snapshot.
>> >
>> > 5) Once it finishes use 'q' option to exit.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > The tool i upload to : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DZODYJ0K
>> >
>> >
>> > ===============================
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Dan" <dmorris@basicbusiness.com> wrote in
message
>> > news:FD2CCE48-02E0-4395-AF81-089298DA6BB4@microsoft.com...
>> >> It still hasn't finished erasing the tape yet. Been 1:15 so
far. HP
>> >> 1/8
>> >> G2
>> >> Ultrium 920. Is there a quick erase option? This is taking
way too
>> >> long.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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| Re: 1:15 so far to erase a tape. Why so long? |
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Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:20:21 +080 |
The answers i got it from forum
===============================
1st answer
DPM Erase operation is long erase operation and does not support short
erase.
If your intention is to re-use tape in DPM which are already written, please
use mark free operation from DPM.
2nd answer
1) Mount media to be erased into drive.
2) Open command prompt and type below command
3) >mytape1.exe \\.\tape0 {è where \\.\tape0 is logical path name of
drive in which media is mounted)
4) Then use erasetape -> s short erase option as shown belo in
snapshot.
5) Once it finishes use 'q' option to exit.
The tool i upload to : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DZODYJ0K
===============================
"Dan" <dmorris@basicbusiness.com> wrote in message
news:FD2CCE48-02E0-4395-AF81-089298DA6BB4@microsoft.com...
> It still hasn't finished erasing the tape yet. Been 1:15 so far. HP 1/8
> G2
> Ultrium 920. Is there a quick erase option? This is taking way too long.
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