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Tape Backup Restore Fails on Extremely Full Volumes

Article ID: 153839

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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This article was previously published under Q153839

SYMPTOMS

When NTBACKUP attempts to read the catalog file of a tape backup volume, one of the following error messages is displayed:
Catalog Information: Unable to load catalog data from tape.
-or-
Catalog Error: Error writing a catalog file, check available space.

CAUSE

This error may be caused by insufficient available space on the target drive for catalog file expansion, occurring when the target drive has approximately 99 percent or more of its space allocated.

RESOLUTION

Currently, there are only two workarounds for this problem:
  • Delete files on the target drive to create more available space

    -or-
  • Replace the target drive with a larger-capacity hard disk drive

Additional query words: prodnt ntbackup

Keywords: KB153839


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