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Nayabsk's avatar
Nayabsk
Level 6
12 years ago

Replacing Tape Drive in Backup Exec

Hi All,   I have replaced one of my tape drive in my Tape library , now how i will be able to proceed to configure it in Backup Exec 2012. OS:- Windows 2008 Backup Exec 2012   Thanks, N...
2012
Backup and Recovery
Backup Exec
Configuring
Installing
Windows Server (2003-2008)
  • VJware's avatar
    VJware
    12 years ago

    Edit the backup job & ensure it is pointing to the new drive. Else, recreate the job definition.

CraigV's avatar
CraigV
Moderator
12 years ago

Hi,

 

Run tapeinst.exe to install the Symantec drivers for the device. Restart the BE services to redetect the device and there should be no further configuration tasks.

Thanks!