Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet posts or subscriptions. Historical content remains viewable.
Dismiss

Failing Backups with NW6.0

1 view
Skip to first unread message

Michael Schoenberg

unread,
Jan 23, 2004, 8:19:30 AM1/23/04
to
All,

Ever since I've upgraded from NW5.1 to NW6.0 my Tape Backups using
SBackup have been failing. I keep getting an error, "TSA Error Code:
fffcffb1 Unable to write to media" Does anyone know if there is yet
another patch that I have to install to make SBackup run correctly with
NW6.0. My media has been used previously, and could probably stand to be
changed but the problem didn't start until after the upgrade.

Any help would be appreciated.

Mike.

Chris Shipley

unread,
Jan 23, 2004, 9:41:19 AM1/23/04
to
Hi Mike,

Make sure you have installed SMS (Storage Management Services), then patch
to NW6SP3. I'm not familiar with SBackup, though. Good luck!

--
Chris Shipley
Network Administrator
CRT, Inc.
Hartford, CT
http://www.crtct.org

Michael Schoenberg

unread,
Jan 23, 2004, 12:15:39 PM1/23/04
to
Chris Shipley <no....@for.me.com> wrote in
news:opr18gg4...@support-forums.novell.com:

> Hi Mike,
>
> Make sure you have installed SMS (Storage Management Services), then
> patch to NW6SP3. I'm not familiar with SBackup, though. Good luck!
>

Hi Chris,

Thank you for your response.

SMS services are installed and I have installed NW6SP3e. The Tape
backup jobs actually starts and some files are copied to the Tape but a
various points it just stops and says "Error: SMSDI Unable to write to
media. Make sure that your media is not write protected. TSA Error
Code: fffcffb1"

Any Ideas?

Mike

Chris Shipley

unread,
Jan 23, 2004, 1:01:28 PM1/23/04
to
Hi Mike,

I'd verify the following:

Latest firmware for your hard disk / tape drive controller(s)
Latest drivers for same
Good media - either use a brand new tape, or erase/retension the tape
you're trying to use

And if none of *that* helps, I'm out of ideas! :)

Chris Shipley

unread,
Jan 23, 2004, 1:47:35 PM1/23/04
to
OK, I take that back about not having anymore ideas... here is a list of
NLMs that seem important when using Novell's SMS to backup servers.

http://www.novell.com/documentation/lg/nw6p/back_enu/data/he3yftpc.html

Michael Schoenberg

unread,
Jan 23, 2004, 4:50:03 PM1/23/04
to
Chris Shipley <no....@for.me.com> wrote in
news:opr18rvk...@support-forums.novell.com:

> OK, I take that back about not having anymore ideas... here is a list
> of NLMs that seem important when using Novell's SMS to backup servers.
>
> http://www.novell.com/documentation/lg/nw6p/back_enu/data/he3yftpc.html
>

Thank you getting back with me. I have seen this listing before. As far
as I know they are all being loaded. Would Netware Backup even start if
these NLM's were not running?

Mike

Geno11

unread,
Feb 3, 2004, 4:11:20 AM2/3/04
to
Here is a list of NLM's I load for SBCON:
SMSSTART
SMDR
TSA500
NDSTSA
QMAN
SBSC
SBCON

Gene Kinum


0 new messages