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thllgo
Level 3
9 years ago

BE 2010 won't use empty disk folder

Hello and thanks in advance for any help you might be.     Problem:  BE 2010 keeps trying to backup to a full disk folder when I have another disk folder empty.  I just inheirited this setup an...
2010
Advanced Disk-Based Backup Option
Backup and Recovery
Backup Exec
Windows Server (2003-2008)
  • Colin_Weaver's avatar
    Colin_Weaver
    9 years ago

    You can setup a device pool and target the jobs to the pool.

     

    Note I with older Backup Exec versiona (such as 2010) I think it will then round robin choose which of the B2D devices in the pool to use. Also whilst you might be able to span non-GRT sets from one device to another mid-job (if first device fills up), GRT sets have start and finish in one device, so cannot span between devices so you may stil have to be carefil with the data retenions and target devcies in the job settings to avoid having GRT sets fill a device.

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Colin_Weaver
Moderator
9 years ago

You can setup a device pool and target the jobs to the pool.

 

Note I with older Backup Exec versiona (such as 2010) I think it will then round robin choose which of the B2D devices in the pool to use. Also whilst you might be able to span non-GRT sets from one device to another mid-job (if first device fills up), GRT sets have start and finish in one device, so cannot span between devices so you may stil have to be carefil with the data retenions and target devcies in the job settings to avoid having GRT sets fill a device.