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Jonathan_Davis
Level 2
19 years ago

Adding new tapes to Backup Exec

Embarassing question . . .

How do you add new media to a media set? I got some new tapes and when I put one in to use with a job, it tells me there is no media in the drive. I don't get an option to format.

Obviously its been a long time since we got new tapes. Version 9.1 on Windows 2003.

Thanks!
10.x and Earlier
Backup and Recovery
Backup Exec

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  • Jonathan_Davis's avatar
    Jonathan_Davis
    Level 2
    19 years ago
    I just figured out the problem. The tapes for the Powervault drive were in the cases for the VS1 drive. Thats why it wouldn't work . . . I was using the wrong tape.

    Another Monday.
    • costasdou's avatar
      costasdou
      Level 2
      6 years ago

      Hello,

      well I am new in Back Exec 15. I have a current media set that backup every day in a different tape.I need to replace my current set with a new one because they are full.

      I know that I need to create a new media set in BE and associate my current schedule with this new media set.Is it anything else that I have to do before my schedule runs with new tapes?

      Thank you very much.

  • Jonathan_Davis's avatar
    Jonathan_Davis
    Level 2
    19 years ago
    No. I get completed with exceptions (Error: 458 - No media in drive.) Then the tape ejects.
  • Jonathan_Davis's avatar
    Jonathan_Davis
    Level 2
    19 years ago
    I just ran inventory drive. It successfully completed and ejected the tape. I reinserted the tape and labeled the media. It completed with exceptions (Error 458 - No media in drive) and ejected the tape.

    Nothing appears under scratch media. Any suggestions?
  • Jay_Bollyn's avatar
    Jay_Bollyn
    Level 3
    19 years ago
    Here are my steps:

    Run Inventory drive;

    Run Label media;

    Move media from Scratch Media to Media Set 1;

    Run small test job to make sure everything is OK.