We get another working drive to pull the content out and tell our management again it's time to move to another system.
Outside of cleaning heads or changing a power supply I've yet to see anyone fix a failed drive.
Bob
PS. http://www.ebay.ca/sch/sis.html?_nkw=Quantum%20DLT7000%20TH6bF%20YF%20TH6BFYF%20Tape%20Drive&_itemId=390536376810
PPS. Given the 70GB space on tape, you can see why 1TB HDDs are replacing these.
Can anyone help troubleshoot an issue with a Quantum DLT7000 tape drive (Model # TH6BF-EY)?
This is an external SCSI drive. The company I
work for has been using this tape drive for several years to backup and
retrieve files. But it has developed an issue.
When working normally, on power up the drive
illuminates all of it's indicator lights, then makes a brief buzzing sound,
then after a few seconds it makes a beep sound in tandem with lighting up the
"Operator Handle" light on the lower right side of the drive's face.
A couple of days ago, when powered up, it started
waiting several more seconds between the buzzing sound and the beep sound, and
instead of illuminating only the "Operator Handle" light, it illuminates all
four lights on the right side, blinking the three lights that are above the
Operator Handle light. Upon erroring out, the drive cycles through the same
sequence again, with the same result. Tapes can be loaded into it, but the
drive doesn't do anything with the tapes because it doesn't get past it's
startup sequence successfully.
Per their website, Quantum no longer supports
this drive. Their manual does not include a troubleshooting section.
Has anyone ever seen this issue before, and if so
is there a known fix? The blinking lights are obviously indicating some sort of
error (probably mechanical?), and I'm trying to find out whether the issue is user-fixable
or not.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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