Hi Don:
This problem has too many contributing possibilites to give a one off
answer. Typically problems with tape drives and SBS backup are resoved by
resetting the Removable Storage Service and or the Removable Storage Media
(RSM) and or the VSS writers. But the cleaning light is either a red
herring or a big signal that not all is well. I would start by contacting
the drive mfg for a dianosis on the drive, and by trying the tapes that
worked prior to the advent of the new tapes. I would not expect HP branded
tapes to be "crap", but it is possible that you somehow got a bad batch.
I have a customer who also has to clean their drive every day, but theirs is
a dusty enviornment. Assuming that when you moved the server it did not
leave a nice clean office and go into a dust filled shop, just moving it
should not have caused this. One possibility is that the data cable is not
well seated at one or more connectors, or, if SCSI the terminator is loose.
You can, and probably should, try a manual backup with NTBackup or whatever
third party program you use.
Here is a list of common solutions to backup issues:
For RSM /RSS possibilities here is a starter:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs/browse_thread/thread/cb4096f5bd8a3077?hl=en&q=removable+storage+group:microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
Please check the following articles to see if they are the one you are
looking for:
311141 Ntbackup quits while backing up the system state on a domain
controller
836788 Event ID 257 is logged when you use the Volume Shadow Copy service
and
In addition, there is a latest version of VSS:
833167 A Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) update package is available for
Windows Server 2003
I suggest you install the hotfix for the VSS to check the status since the
hotfix has fixed many known issue.
NOTE: hotfixes are generally available for specific issues in the Product.
Please keep in mind that they are not fully regression tested and should be
applied only to systems experiencing the specific problem. For this reason,
the first step would be to verify if you are indeed running into the
problem addressed in a specific hotfix. The individual sending of hotfixes
must be tracked by Microsoft for reasons such as: you may run into problems
after installing the fix, when future updates to the hotfix occur we want
to be able to notify you. For these reasons and others, many hotfixes are
only available to customers if they call into the appropriate Microsoft
Support phone line, and receive direct help and advice from a Microsoft
support professional. We are not equipped to send out and track hotfixes
here in the Newsgroups forum.
If you prefer, you could contact Microsoft Product Customer Services
directly to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product
Customer Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit
the following Microsoft Web site:
More information:
817688 "Error on a Request to Write Data to Media" Error Message When You
Use
836721 You receive a "0xc0000005 Access violation" error message
828481 Error 800423f4 appears in the backup log file when you back up a
volume
826936 Time-out errors occur in Volume Shadow Copy service writers, and
shadow
828481 Error 800423f4 appears in the backup log file when you back up a
volume
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=828481
Let us know if any of these steps help.
--
Larry
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