Warning W6698

MUX: Session = <Session No> hit SPAN condition during restore/scan/merge. Current TAPE: name = <Tape Name>, randomID = <Tape ID>, sequence = <Sequence No>

Module

Tape Engine

Reason:

This indicates that the session which is getting processed hit Early Warning on tape. And hence this session and any other Multiplexing session running at that point would SPAN to the next media.

Action:

No action is required for this message. This is NOT an error. For a tape library or an autoloader, if a blank media is available, the job would automatically pick a blank media and use it to continue the backup.

For a stand-alone tape drive, put in a blank media manually.