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ericSean
Level 3
11 years ago

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) ...
2012
Backup and Recovery
Backup Exec
Backup Exec (media server only)
Symantec Event
Windows Server (2003-2008)
  • pkh's avatar
    pkh
    11 years ago
    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
ericSean's avatar
ericSean
Level 3
11 years ago

pkh appreciated with your update.

Please correct me if I get your answer incorrect. Even a appenable tape is available inside the tape loader but the BE2012 only take the first available and the next need to be a overwritable tape.