Backup question

Not sure if this is the correct group......
The tape drive on our SQL Server 2000 box died and I have just had it
replaced. The new tape drive is a Dell Powervault 110T DLT VS 80. The
problem I am having is that after every single backup job...or every step in
a backup job if it has multiple steps...the tape ejects on its own. I have
made no changes to the backup jobs, just changed the physical tape drive.
Any ideas where to start looking for the cause?
Thanks
Eric StewartCheck out the section in BooksOnLine for Backup and the Options UNLOAD and
NOUNLOAD. I suspect the old tape drive just didn't support this
functionality and you might now need to set NOUNLOAD.
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Andrew J. Kelly
SQL Server MVP
"Eric Stewart" <stewarte@.repsilverstate.com> wrote in message
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> Not sure if this is the correct group......
> The tape drive on our SQL Server 2000 box died and I have just had it
> replaced. The new tape drive is a Dell Powervault 110T DLT VS 80. The
> problem I am having is that after every single backup job...or every step
in
> a backup job if it has multiple steps...the tape ejects on its own. I have
> made no changes to the backup jobs, just changed the physical tape drive.
> Any ideas where to start looking for the cause?
> Thanks
> Eric Stewart
>|||Thanks Andrew. I will check this out first thing in the morning!
Eric
"Andrew J. Kelly" <sqlmvpnooospam@.shadhawk.com> wrote in message
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> Check out the section in BooksOnLine for Backup and the Options UNLOAD and
> NOUNLOAD. I suspect the old tape drive just didn't support this
> functionality and you might now need to set NOUNLOAD.
> --
> Andrew J. Kelly
> SQL Server MVP
>
> "Eric Stewart" <stewarte@.repsilverstate.com> wrote in message
> news:OZrLr246DHA.2264@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Not sure if this is the correct group......
> >
> > The tape drive on our SQL Server 2000 box died and I have just had it
> > replaced. The new tape drive is a Dell Powervault 110T DLT VS 80. The
> > problem I am having is that after every single backup job...or every
step
> in
> > a backup job if it has multiple steps...the tape ejects on its own. I
have
> > made no changes to the backup jobs, just changed the physical tape
drive.
> > Any ideas where to start looking for the cause?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Eric Stewart
> >
> >
>|||That was it!!!
Thanks again Andrew for the very helpful advice.
Eric
"Andrew J. Kelly" <sqlmvpnooospam@.shadhawk.com> wrote in message
news:OEAd2956DHA.2996@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Check out the section in BooksOnLine for Backup and the Options UNLOAD and
> NOUNLOAD. I suspect the old tape drive just didn't support this
> functionality and you might now need to set NOUNLOAD.
> --
> Andrew J. Kelly
> SQL Server MVP
>
> "Eric Stewart" <stewarte@.repsilverstate.com> wrote in message
> news:OZrLr246DHA.2264@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Not sure if this is the correct group......
> >
> > The tape drive on our SQL Server 2000 box died and I have just had it
> > replaced. The new tape drive is a Dell Powervault 110T DLT VS 80. The
> > problem I am having is that after every single backup job...or every
step
> in
> > a backup job if it has multiple steps...the tape ejects on its own. I
have
> > made no changes to the backup jobs, just changed the physical tape
drive.
> > Any ideas where to start looking for the cause?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Eric Stewart
> >
> >
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