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Lee_Higginbotha's avatar
Lee_Higginbotha
Level 3
14 years ago

Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 & Dell TL2000 Robotic Library issue

All, Thank you all in advance of any assistance you can provide. I have a Dell TL2000 tape library (1 LTO3 tape drive) and running BE 12.5 that is fully patched on a WIN2K3 R2 SP2 X64 system. M...
12.x and Earlier
Backup and Recovery
Backup Exec
Backup Exec (media server only)
Windows
  • Hywel_Mallett's avatar
    Hywel_Mallett
    14 years ago

    Wait!

    Before looking at partitioning, the bit that struck me was:

     I even thought to re-label, erase and / or assign again to the same pool

    When you assign media to a media set, it takes on that set's Overwrite Protection Period. Try moving the spare media to the scratch media set first.

    Partitioning refers to dividing the slots in your tape library up, so you can force a job to target particular slots.

CraigV's avatar
CraigV
Moderator
14 years ago

Hi Lee,

 

When it tries to load the second tape, is there a prompt in your job asking for scratch/overwritable media?

Also...try partitioning your tape library, and point your Weekly job to a partition. Run the job, and see if you get the same error.

If so, check your OPP (overwrite protection period) and append periods on your Weekly media set. If this is set incorrectly, there is every chance that the tapes that are available according to you, are not available according to the settings on the media set. Not sure if you have done this...!

I also take it you are using the Symantec drivers for your autoloader?

 

Craig