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rune4440's avatar
rune4440
Level 2
12 years ago

Inserting new tape into running job

Is it possible to add a blank tape tape into a running job... My backup job ran out of tape space,  and is waiting for extra media     please help
  • pkh's avatar
    12 years ago

    You are out of luck here.  You need to insert a labeled tape and you cannot label a tape while the job is running.  Unfortunately, you would have to cancel your job, label this new tape and then re-run your job.