Dlt Compression

[hickmoc01]

I have a 35/70 DLT drive on a compaq dl360 server. since upgrading the hard drives i run out of space on the backup.I cant seem to get it to compress even by pressing the button on the drive. I use Backup Exec and have tried both hardware and software compression.

[NooNoo]

How much data is there to be backed up and what tape are you using?
have you checked hp? (http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Home.jsp?locale=en_US&prodSeriesId=34643&prodTypeId=12169) downloaded the updated tools? (http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?pnameOID=406731&locale=en_US&taskId=135&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=406729)

[hickmoc01]

How much data is there to be backed up and what tape are you using?
have you checked hp? (http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Home.jsp?locale=en_US&prodSeriesId=34643&prodTypeId=12169) downloaded the updated tools? (http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?pnameOID=406731&locale=en_US&taskId=135&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=406729)
there is abut 45 gig of data I am using hp 40-80 tapes

No i havent tried the hp tools

[NooNoo]

check the media is compatible then.

[hickmoc01]

check the media is compatible then.
the media is hp c5141f recomended for use on HP Shure store DLT Drives

[NooNoo]

Suggest you contact hp and talk to a technician online (http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/CallHP.jsp?locale=en_US&docIndexId=316757&taskId=101&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=34643)