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shaptala's avatar
shaptala
Level 4
2 years ago

Backup Sets disappeared after deleting LTO8 Library

We decided to upgrade BackupExec to new version. However we decided not to move old SQL database, since it's huge and very slow. We decided to leave old server offline and use only to see which files...
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Windows Server 2016
  • Gurvinder's avatar
    Gurvinder
    2 years ago

    Did anyone delete or rename the BE Install Path\Catalogs folder. That is the place where all backup set catalog files exist. We make entries of the info in these catalog files into the BEDB and that is how console shows the view.
    The info about the media i.e. tape can be re-saved in BEDB by running an Inventory but if the catalog files are not present on disk then the sets would not show up. You will need to run Inventory on all Tapes and then catalog it. In global settings of BE, make sure to keep use media in sequence and use storage media based catalog selected when running the catalog.
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    If catalog files are deleted and a backup of it exists, that can be restored and used to get the backup set view back. A service restart will be needed for BE services to read the files in catalogs folder