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sammyc53
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19 years ago

Catalog Error e0000900

I am testing Restores again. I am testing restores on a different Media Server than the one that made the backups, hence my need to catalog the media. I have about 10 media files, and about 3 of them catalog fine, and the rest fail.

Am am using media on a hard drive, it inventories just fine. I have tried to delete all existing catalogs in the Program Files\.....\NT\Catalogs folders, and tried again. Still no avail.

This is the error:

e0000900 - The requested media is not listed in the media index and could not be mounted. To add the media's catalog information to the disk-based catalogs, run an inventory operation on the media and resubmit the Catalog operation.
For additional information regarding this error refer to link V-79-57344-2304



Any ideas on how I can get around this. I know I can import the media files from the existing Media Server... but if my building burned down, I wouldn't have those now, would I? ;) So I need to know how to catalog this media in a real world situation so I am not trying to figure this out when I comes time to actually do a restore, and do it quick.

Thanks in advance,

Sam

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  • And I just realized, the 3 files that did get cataloged, got cataloged with wrong info about allocation dates and overwrite dates....
  • Nevermind. I got it.

    FYI to anyone else: If this is a media server that has previously cataloged the same media a long time ago, or somehow has some previous media entries... Make sure to retire all the media, then delete all the media in the retired media folder. Inventory, and try to catalog the new media again.

    It should work.

    I don't know if this process will get the 'stamp of approval' from the best practices gurus, but it works for me :)

    Sam