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sdcadmin's avatar
sdcadmin
Level 5
13 years ago

Catalogs

I'm looking for data on a job that was run last month.  When I try to look at the tape that holds the information, BE tells me that I have to catalog the files on the media before I can use it to do ...
2010
Backup and Recovery
Backup Exec
  • CraigV's avatar
    CraigV
    13 years ago

    Hi there,

     

    You have a setting within BE itself that expires catalogs and it does this to save space. The default is 60 days unless shortened or lengthened by an admin.

    If your tape needs to be catalogged, it means its data has expired from with BE. Right-click the tape, run the catalog job and let it finish. Once done, you can do the restore, but select the correct date range...for some reason BE likes picking its own date range.

    Thanks!

Kiran_Bandi's avatar
Kiran_Bandi
Level 6
13 years ago

While backing up data from a resource, BE creates a set of catalog files. These catalog files contain information about the contents on medias used for backup operations. Before you can restore or verify data, the media must have a catalog. To catalog a media select that and click on "Catalog Media" from Media tasks menu. Once the catalog operation is completed, you can proceed with Restore operation.

Regards....