Backup Failures

[Shamrock17]

When trying to backup xp client to tape drive i receive the following errors.
I've tried two different tapes with no luck.


Backup Status
Operation: Backup
Active backup destination: Travan
Media name: "Media created 9/2/2008 at 4:33 PM"
Backup (via shadow copy) of "C: "
Backup set #1 on media #1
Backup description: "Set created 9/2/2008 at 4:34 PM"
Media name: "Media created 9/2/2008 at 4:33 PM"
Backup Type: Normal
Backup started on 9/2/2008 at 4:39 PM.
The requested media failed to mount. The operation was aborted.
The operation was ended.
Backup completed on 9/3/2008 at 8:17 AM.
Directories: 4664
Files: 74453
Bytes: 9,991,258,365
Time: 15 hours, 38 minutes, and 16 seconds

 

[Michael W. Ryder]

When trying to backup xp client to tape drive i receive the following errors.
I've tried two different tapes with no luck.


Backup Status
Operation: Backup
Active backup destination: Travan
Media name: "Media created 9/2/2008 at 4:33 PM"
Backup (via shadow copy) of "C: "
Backup set #1 on media #1
Backup description: "Set created 9/2/2008 at 4:34 PM"
Media name: "Media created 9/2/2008 at 4:33 PM"
Backup Type: Normal
Backup started on 9/2/2008 at 4:39 PM.
The requested media failed to mount. The operation was aborted.
The operation was ended.
Backup completed on 9/3/2008 at 8:17 AM.
Directories: 4664
Files: 74453
Bytes: 9,991,258,365
Time: 15 hours, 38 minutes, and 16 seconds

It looks like the tape is not big enough for the backup. I don't know
if the backup program you are using allows for multiple tape backups or
how it handles them.
You might need a tape drive with more capacity, and speed. I back up
about the same amount of data, about 10 GB, and it only takes about 2
1/2 hours. The other option is to use an external hard drive for the
backup. This would probably be cheaper than upgrading the tape drive
but the media is not as portable.