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GyKulifai's avatar
GyKulifai
Level 3
12 years ago

ReUse Rewritable media

The Backup Exec sad me 'Low disk space'.

I saw the media-s, and I found a lot of rewritable media on 'full' disk.

My Question:

Why Backup Exec not reuse rewritable media?

How can I change Media to rewriteble?

How can I delete Media with stored (retired) data? Because if I delete data manualy, then BE not refresh inventory.

 

Thanks for help

Gyula

2010
Backing Up
Backup and Recovery
Backup Exec
Windows Server (2003-2008)
  • Ananya_Bhattach's avatar
    Ananya_Bhattach
    Level 5
    12 years ago

    This is how DLM works http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH201826 with BE 2012

    You can check under Configuration Settings> Backup exec Settings > Storage and check what the overwrite setting is.BE never overwrites protected data. We can also check the retention period of your disk based backups if this does not help.

     

  • pkh's avatar
    pkh
    Moderator
    12 years ago

    You might also want to read my article below

    https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/when-backup-sets-are-deleted-under-dlm

  • GyKulifai's avatar
    GyKulifai
    Level 3
    12 years ago

    Thanks, I think, I found the problem: The Media Set retention time was 24days instead of 24hours. But I don't know, why now filled the space, because I set this Media Set a year ago.

     

  • pkh's avatar
    pkh
    Moderator
    12 years ago
    Some users have reported that some of their backup sets which should be groomed were not groomed. Take a look at your backup sets. If they should have been groomed. Right-click on them and delete them from the BE console. This will also delete them from the disk. Don't delete them from the disk as this will leave orphaned entries in the BE console
  • GyKulifai's avatar
    GyKulifai
    Level 3
    12 years ago

    I associated the medias with Retired Media, because just this way I can delete. And then I deleted it.

    But the Device stay full...

  • Ananya_Bhattach's avatar
    Ananya_Bhattach
    Level 5
    12 years ago
    Erasing backup-to-disk files removes the data from both the backup-to-disk folder and the disk, and removes the file references from the catalog. However, the backup-to-disk file remains for use with future backup jobs. You cannot restore the data after you erase it. If you want to remove data from Backup Exec and restore it later, delete the file from the Media view.
     
    Erasing a backup to disk file : http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO22729
     
    Deleting a backup-to-disk file : http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO22731
  • Ananya_Bhattach's avatar
    Ananya_Bhattach
    Level 5
    12 years ago

    On Page 509 of the Backup Exec 2010 Administrators Guide for BE 2010 http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC2211 this can be found :

     

    Deleting a backup-to-disk file
     
    You must movebackup-to-diskfilestothe RetiredMediasetbeforeyou can delete
    them. When you delete a backup-to-disk file from the Media tab in Backup Exec,
    it is deleted from Backup Exec but the Windows folder and files still exist in
    Windows Explorer. You can recreate the deleted backup-to-disk files.
     
    If you want to delete the file from the disk, use Windows Explorer to navigate to
    the file and delete it. When the file is removed from the disk using Windows
    Explorer, you cannot restore it in Backup Exec.
     
    To delete a backup-to-disk file
     
    1 On the navigation bar, click Media.
    2 Click the media set that contains the backup-to-disk file.
    3 Use the Windows drag-and-drop feature to move thebackup-to-diskfile into
    the Retired Media set.
    4 On the results pane, select the backup-to-disk file you want to delete.
    5 Under General Tasks in the task pane, select Delete.
    6 When prompted to delete thebackup-to-diskfile,
  • GyKulifai's avatar
    GyKulifai
    Level 3
    12 years ago

    I did it, but Backup Exec not deleted the files from NAS, deleted only media assign. Therefore I deleted it from NAS too.

    Bet the problem still persist.

    When I want to scan device it changes to offline. But I can reach it from browser.