From: "Randy H" 

No batch scripting here.

Just invoking NTbackup from the GUI invokes RSM in order to access the tape drive.


"bob chronister"  wrote in message
news:3e007834$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> you are writing batch files for the drive and evoking rsm?
>
> "Randy H"  wrote in message
> news:3e000784{at}w3.nls.net...
> > Tandberg VS40 DLT1 hanging off a Symbios (now LSI Logic)
> > U2W LVD controller.
> >
> > The RSM is definitely the source of the problem; Retrospect bypasses
> > RSM and talks to the drive with no problems, and it plays nice with
> > NT Backup-that is, until something changes somewhere that gets
> > RSM all bent out of shape and NTBackup just up and stops working, and
> > you can't do anything with the media stored in RSM.
> >
> > Had another nice little suprise happen. Doing an ASR restore appears to
> > sufficenely confuse up XP to the point that Windows Activation gets
> > triggered  (you get the dreaded "becuase your hardware configuration
> > has changed significantly since the first time the system was
activated"
> > or some such dialog box pop up.)
> >
> > I'll now be doing Ghost copies every weekend, and let Retrospect do my
> > incrementals in between Ghosting images.
> >
> >
> > "bob chronister"  wrote in message
> > news:3dff1fe2$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > i have seen instances when a tape drive was not recognized simply due
to
> > bad
> > > hard drive blocks. should not happen but did. BIOS would recognize the
> > drive
> > > but 98se would not. drove me nuts until the drive failed completely.
> what
> > > type of tape drive is giving you the lost problem?
> > >
> > > "Randy H" 
wrote in message
> > > news:3dfe7f21{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > I finally bit the bullet and re-Ghosted back to an October image.
> > > >
> > > > And I'll be taking nightly ASR backups in the meantime as I
re-install
> > > some
> > > > apps. Maybe I'll get lucky and trip over the offending app. Then
> again,
> > > > maybe not.
> > > >
> > > > 15 years ago when I was working with IMS and DBRC we
had a saying:
> > > > "trust no one but the computer." Now, it's
"trust nothing but a disk
> > image
> > > > backup made outside of the host OS".
> > > >
> > > > "Geo."  wrote in message
> news:3dfcd5b5$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > > deactivate the drive in device manager, reboot,
see if anything
> > > complains.
> > > > >
> > > > > Geo.
> > > > >
> > > > > "Randy H"
 wrote in message
> > > > > news:3dfcca09{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > > > Just uninstalled Retrospect-no joy-Ntbackup
can't/won't see the
> > > > > > tape drive, and I can't do anything with the
media in Removeable
> > > > > > Media Storage.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So now I have a system that, outside of a
third-party package, I
> > can't
> > > > > > backup to tape using the MSFT delivered products.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Now I know why folks use 3rd-party
products-they can't trust
> > > > > > the Microsoft ones to work.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "Robert Comer"
 wrote in message
> > > > > > news:3dfcb1dc{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > > > > Maybe dantz's Retrospect?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > A lot of backup software uses their own
tape drivers and lock
> the
> > > > device
> > > > > > for
> > > > > > > their own use...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > - Bob Comer
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > "Randy H"
 wrote in message
> > > > > > > news:3dfcaa20$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > > > > > ...to make my tape drive invisible
to Microsoft's tape
backup,
> > but
> > > > the
> > > > > > > drive
> > > > > > > > shows up in the Device Manager and
is fully usable by
Dantz's
> > > > > > Retrospect?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Becuase of this I can't take any
ASR snapshot backups to
tape.
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