Forum Discussion

4n7's avatar
4n7
Level 3
12 years ago
Solved

Retired then deleted tape, how do you get it back?

Trtying to re-use a tape, I imagined I could retire it then wipe it, this didn't happen so I thought I'd delete it and re add it, this doesn't work and now I can't get the tape to show up.

 

Any way to do this?

2012
Backing Up
Backup and Recovery
Backup Exec
Windows Server (2003-2008)
  • pkh's avatar
    pkh
    12 years ago

    You got to inventory and catalog the tape.  Click on All Media, locate the tape and associate it with some media set.

    To re-use a tape, all you need to do is to associate it with the scratch media set and it can be re-used immediately.

  • pkh's avatar
    pkh
    Moderator
    12 years ago

    You got to inventory and catalog the tape.  Click on All Media, locate the tape and associate it with some media set.

    To re-use a tape, all you need to do is to associate it with the scratch media set and it can be re-used immediately.

  • 4n7's avatar
    4n7
    Level 3
    12 years ago

    Thanks for your reply

    It doesn't show up when I inventory / catalog, If I replace it with another tape that tape shows up, if I put the original tape in it doesn't show up.

    It's as if retiring then deleting ensures it doesn't show up again.

     

  • pkh's avatar
    pkh
    Moderator
    12 years ago

    Did you check for the tape under All Media?

  • Larry_Fine's avatar
    Larry_Fine
    Level 6
    12 years ago

    inventory & catalog is the right answer.  It will make the tape show up in the "all tape media" view.

    Are you inventory & catalog jobs successful?

    Are you using a stand-alone drive or a robotic library?

  • bJako's avatar
    bJako
    Level 3
    12 years ago

    I have same problem.

    IBM robotic library, full of tapes. All with "bad media" description (coming from other vbackup solution).

    So I retired  and deleted all tapes.

    Tape drive 0001 (No media)

    Now I don't see any tape. Inventory and Catalog takes 10 sec and no errors. Still no tapes.

    All Media is empty.

  • bJako's avatar
    bJako
    Level 3
    12 years ago

    It's not solved, inventory and catalog does not show any tape :-(

  • Larry_Fine's avatar
    Larry_Fine
    Level 6
    12 years ago

    Next time, please start your own thread.

    What tape library & drives?  What version of BE?  What does the inventory job log show?

    No inventory of a physical library with tapes should take 10 seconds as it should take much longer.  Have you disabled & deleted the library & drives, then restarted BE services?

    I would start here http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH24414