Error Running NTBACKUP on NCR System 3000 Model 3410
Article ID: 114804
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q114804
SYMPTOMS
When you run the Windows NT Backup program (NTBACKUP) with a supported tape
backup device on a NCR System 3000 Model 3410 machine with an on-board NCR
53C94 SCSI controller, the following error message may appear:
Error: Poll driver failed: severe error shutting off poll drive
RESOLUTION
To avoid this problem, do one of the following:
- Change the SCSI ID numbers of the SCSI devices.
-or-
- Change the SCSI bus termination (if faulty).
-or-
- Change the physical order of the SCSI devices on the SCSI bus.
The NCR products included here are manufactured by a vendor independent of
Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these
products' performance or reliability.
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