Have you tried running HP’s library and tape tools?
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?pnameOID=406731&locale=en_US&taskId=135&prodSeriesId=406729&prodTypeId=12169
I would run the suspected bad media and several known good
media.
I’ve had quirky issues like this before and generally
speaking it’s been the drive.
-Jonathan
From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Leo
Dream
Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 3:49 PM
To: Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] New tapes are frozen
Hi All
Recently we are having some errors with the tapes. We add some new tapes to the
library and inventory successfully (with bar code). However when we run
backups, the tapes are frozen, following errors are shown in the bptm log:
io_ioctl: ioctl (MTWEOF) failed on media id XXXXXX, drive index 1, The media is
write protected. (19) (bptm.c.23992)
The strange thing is:
1. The tape is not write protected for sure.
2. If i unfreeze the tape and rerun the backup, the tape can be used without
any problem, so don't know why we have write error the first time.
The master server is 6.5.5 on Windows 2003 Standard server (64 bit), the tape
drive is HP.
Anyone has any idea?
Thanks!
Leo