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"No suitable Media/Drive pair available", "Running: Waiting for media" error for restore job after tape drive power cycle -
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"No suitable Media/Drive pair available" error for restore job after tape drive power cycle.
Unable to restore backups on media after a tape drive power cycle that occurred while a backup wasn't running.
When running a restore a failure can occur.Job status: "Running: Waiting for media"Text log shows:Error 2015/08/27 13:56:34 71 Media SPECTRAWIN2K12 Media 'SPECTRAWIN2K12 27 Aug 13:52-1' will not be used by drive '1-0.0.0 (IBM 03592E08):SPECTRAWIN2K12'Error 2015/08/27 13:56:34 71 Media SPECTRAWIN2K12 Device '1-0.0.0 (IBM 03592E08):SPECTRAWIN2K12' assigned to job failedWarning 2015/08/27 13:56:34 71 Media SPECTRAWIN2K12 No suitable media/drive pair available for job 71 (instance 1)Expanded Log Reference or Trace Content:SCSI >> CMD READ [ 08 01 00 00 01 00 ]SCSI >> CMD SENSE KEY 'MEDIUM ERROR ' [3] - ASC 31 ASCQ 00SCSI >> CMD SENSE INFO 'MEDIUM FORMAT CORRUPTED'TAPESCSI >> Unexpected error reading mediaDEVMGR >> Read 65536 byte block FALSE = bSuccess, 101 = eDevResultDEVMGR >> Send Manager Msg (BEGIN)Job diagnosis shows:Media marked suspect by drive
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