Commvault tapes stop writing before full
Backup expert Pierre Dorion offers troubleshooting advice for a SearchStorage reader who asked: Why do our CommVault tapes stop writing before they are full? When I check the tapes, there is plenty of valid data space and the tapes are not marked full.
Tape errors:
Sometime the tape drive can encounter a media error that is interpreted by the device as an EOT (end of tape) signal. This leads the device to mark the tape as full and stop writing. This error condition does not typically occur with all media in a library making it easy to diagnose but hard to predict. If this is your case, this could be the starting point for troubleshooting.
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