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Operation on device '\\.\Tape0' exceeded retry count.

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on ‎06-17-2011 8:34 AM

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Hi Everyone... i have setup VMWare Server 2.0 and one of the guest is hosting MS SQL 2008 R2. i added a pass-through device for the Tape0. But when i try to read the tape headers i keep getting the following error....

Operation on device '
.\Tape0' exceeded retry count.

Any ideas ???

Regards

Chris

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markus_doehr2
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‎06-17-2011 9:09 AM
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Do you see something in the event log? Is the tape device accessible?

Markus

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Former Member
‎06-17-2011 11:58 AM
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The hardware guys did a test & got back saying the polling rate is too high on the SCSI tape drive.... is there a way to adjust it ?

Regards

Chris

markus_doehr2
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‎06-17-2011 12:47 PM
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I suggest you check with the vendor of the tape device. Since Windows 2008 doesn't bring its own tape drivers any more there must be a 3rd party driver.

Markus

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