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SNF
Level 2
14 years ago

Media-Set Assignment / Write-Protection

Hi!   I am curious if someone can help me with following problem:   I have a single-tape-drive with backup-jobs configured that split into "daily" (mo-thu) and "weekly" (fr) jobs. As I don'...
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    CraigV
    14 years ago

    I'd start with a new week firstly. Erase the tapes needed, and make sure your Append/OPP is correct in your media sets as well.

    Put in a tape, and if a Daily job runs on a Monday, the system picks up an overwritable tape, and then adds that automatically to your Daily media set. Same for the second tape that it uses.

    Once you're done with your Daily tapes, erase the tapes needed for your Weekly backup. It's a laborious couple of steps, but at least this way you're not going to make a mistake, and will allow BE to sort the tapes out so that it keeps track of them.

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CraigV
Moderator
14 years ago

Hi Stefan,

 

If your media sets are configured with the correct append/overwrite protection levels, you will have a situation where the tape ejects if the incorrect tape is inserted.

Another way around this is to label the tape within BE itself, and then label it physically. That way a user will know what tapes to put in on which days.

 

EDIT: Don't manually manage your media. Let BE decide which tapes to use, and when. The system will put the tapes into the correct media set.

Thanks!