Error with Scheduled backup "Please insert overwriteable media..."
Good morning / afternoon or evening all,
Here is the problem I got with my current environment running
OS: Windows 2008 R2 64bits
Backup Exec: BE2012 SP3
Storage: DELL TL2000 (2 drviers)
Configuration and Settings --> Backup Exec Settings --> Settings --> Storage
Media overwrite protection level
Checked - Partial - protect only allocated media
Media overwrite options
Checked - Overwrite scratch media before...
Backup Job options --> Storage
Media set: Keep data for 9 weeks and infine append
During the weekly full backup I encountered an error message "Please insert overwriteable media to the library...", all the scheduled job pending evening I found the tape library have at least 3 tapes with the status "Infinite - Allow append"
Temporary workaround I erased one media then the backup resume as usual. Anyone know what's going wrong here??
- If your job specify append, then it can only append to the first tape. For the second and subsequent tapes, it will need overwritable tapes. You got to make sure that you have sufficient overwritable tapes BEFORE the jobs start