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nilz's avatar
nilz
Level 3
8 years ago

Full backup sets missing, incremental are available

Hi, I am backing up weekly fulls and daily incementals. Under job history it shows each full backup but under backup sets the full backup is missing. We're backing up to tape and each day the tape ...
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DarthBilly
Level 5
8 years ago

That doesn't sound good. Do you see your data under restore selections? In Backup Exec 10.x under restore selections you can switch between media view. Does it show the full? Can you determine the tape from this view? This may help you track down the full media.

  • nilz's avatar
    nilz
    Level 3
    8 years ago
    Hi, I am actually using 2014. In the attached pictures we can see the backup sets with the missing full backup and the Job history with the successful FULL backups on Saturday
    • Hopsnbarley's avatar
      Hopsnbarley
      Level 4
      8 years ago

      From the screenshot of the backup sets view, it looks like the button to show dependent sets is highlighted (in ribbon menu at top). Try clicking that button off to display all backup sets.

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        nilz
        Level 3
        8 years ago
        I can select the "Show Dependent Backup Sets" button but it only opens another window with only the incementals