Self-proclaimed genius, and ruler of the Internet. System admin the rest of the time

For the last month or so, I’ve been using Bacula to backup the important data on my machine/servers and my dads computer. Although it works great with my PowerVault 100T DDS4 drive, I got fed up of having to constantly change tapes every they got filled up.

To solve this problem I decided to buy a Dell PowerVault 120T DLT-7000 Autoloader from eBay.

I receieved the PV a few days ago, but I was unable to test it as I did not have the neccicary terminator or cable required to connect it to my server.

After looking on eBay, I found both items from a single seller (the same seller I bought the autoloader infact!), and I received both items in the post today.

I hooked everything up very excitedly, and found that the DLT-7000 drive in the PV-120T was faulty! The LCD displays “Drive POST Error”. I’ve emailed the seller of the autoloader, and I really hope he will be able to repair or send me a new one of these devices.