BE 12.5 - Backups suddenly started asking for overwrightable media
Hi All,
I'm not very experienced with Backup Exec and our backups have suddenly started failing. We are using Backup Exec 12.5 on Windows 2008 Server with HP Ultrium 2
We do a weekly backup of t...
Hi,
Check those tapes for the following:1. See what compression you are getting on them. Compression will affect how much data can fit onto a tape. Not enough compression (which you can't control as it is based on the types of files being backed up!) would see additional tapes being required. If these tapes weren't overwritable, the job would queue or fail, depending on the setup.
2. Check the tapes in BE to see if there are any Hard Write Errors (excessive). If there are, it indicates a physical issue with the tapes and if they are faulty, it can affect how they are written too.
Thanks!
