Backup fails because media is overwrite protected
I just started with a new customer and I'm not very much familiar with Backup Exec 11.0. They have their backups setup a little differently than I'm used to. Anyways, they run differential backups du...
- Hello Smith,
Setting the Overwrite Protection Level to None is one option, but you lose some functionality by doing that. In effect, if the current system has been designed with Overwrite Protection Periods in mind, then changing the OP level can mean that you are potentially allowing data to be overwritten when it shouldn't.
You could instead change the Overwrite Protection Period of the media set the backup is targeted to.
Have a look at http://www. backupexec faq.com/fa q/concepts /understan ding-media -sets.html and http:// www.backup execfaq.co m/faq/conc epts/how-b e-selects- media.html
Harry
