Helpdesk_IT
20 years agoLevel 3
Tape identity
Hi,
I am using Backupexec10.0 on three WIN2K servers everyday, the tape drive is Sony AIT autoloader LIB-D81 with 8 slots, I backup data goes to 2 tapes (90GB approx) and I rotate the media every month, tapes are named 01-A, 01-B, 02-A, 02-B…….31-A, 31-B, (according to the current date, corresponding tapes are inserted ) I created the partition and assigned the slots 1-6 for backup and slots 7& 8 for cleaning tape and assigned the job to the device (partition 1-6) and the media is set to overwrite.
The problem I am facing is if I fill the six slots for 3 days backup (slot 8 holds the cleaning tape) eg.
1st Aug (01-A, 01-B) Slot 1 & 2
2nd Aug (02-A, 02-B) Slot 3 & 4
3rd Aug (03-A, 03-B) Slot 5 & 6
It picks up random tapes and not in order.
How do I configure to pick tapes in order say 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
Cheers,
I am using Backupexec10.0 on three WIN2K servers everyday, the tape drive is Sony AIT autoloader LIB-D81 with 8 slots, I backup data goes to 2 tapes (90GB approx) and I rotate the media every month, tapes are named 01-A, 01-B, 02-A, 02-B…….31-A, 31-B, (according to the current date, corresponding tapes are inserted ) I created the partition and assigned the slots 1-6 for backup and slots 7& 8 for cleaning tape and assigned the job to the device (partition 1-6) and the media is set to overwrite.
The problem I am facing is if I fill the six slots for 3 days backup (slot 8 holds the cleaning tape) eg.
1st Aug (01-A, 01-B) Slot 1 & 2
2nd Aug (02-A, 02-B) Slot 3 & 4
3rd Aug (03-A, 03-B) Slot 5 & 6
It picks up random tapes and not in order.
How do I configure to pick tapes in order say 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
Cheers,