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Paulo_Mendez
Level 5
13 years ago

happens whenever a backup written to tape me up from scratch and then use a new tape,

happens whenever a backup written to tape me up from scratch and then use a new tape,
I need to overwrite in those tapes that have expired images

What settings should I do?

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  • Kiran_Bandi's avatar
    Kiran_Bandi
    13 years ago

    Backup Exec button --> Configuration and settings --> Backup Exec settings --> Storage --> Overwrite recyclable media in target media set before overwriting SCRATCH media.

    Ensure that Overwrite Protection level is set to Partial minimum before changin the above setting. If it is set to None, overwrite protected media also will be overwritten.

    Thanks....

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  • Colin_Weaver's avatar
    Colin_Weaver
    Moderator
    13 years ago

    Change the setting in Backup Exec to use Recyclable before Scratch, should be somewhere in the settings available from the yellow button (top left in BE console)

  • Kiran_Bandi's avatar
    Kiran_Bandi
    Level 6
    13 years ago

    Backup Exec button --> Configuration and settings --> Backup Exec settings --> Storage --> Overwrite recyclable media in target media set before overwriting SCRATCH media.

    Ensure that Overwrite Protection level is set to Partial minimum before changin the above setting. If it is set to None, overwrite protected media also will be overwritten.

    Thanks....

  • Paulo_Mendez's avatar
    Paulo_Mendez
    Level 5
    13 years ago

    is selected with

    Overwrite to recyclabe media contained in the targeret media set before overwriting scratch media,

     

    further is selected


    Partial-protect only allocated media
     

    Prompt Before Overwriting Imported media


    but
    Why is looking for tapes from scratch set?

    Should I look for in the same tape with expired images?

     

    attached image

  • Colin_Weaver's avatar
    Colin_Weaver
    Moderator
    13 years ago

    If you did not have any overwritable tapes in the media set (at the time the backup started, not at the time you looked the next day) then it will use from the scratch set. Is the overwrite protection period on your media set too long and not taking into account how long the backup takes to run.

     

    For example to use the same tape every Friday, DO NOT SET 1 WEEK Overwrite Protection, set it to 6 days instead.