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Ag_BC's avatar
Ag_BC
Level 4
10 years ago

Tape status Export Pending YES

Hi Symantec support. I have experience the same issues as TECH60241 http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH60241   "Please insert overwritable media into the r...
2014
Backing Up
Backup and Recovery
Backup Exec
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  • pkh's avatar
    pkh
    10 years ago

    When you retire a tape and delete it from BE, it only remove all references to the tape from the catalog as well as the BEDB.  This action does not erase the contents of the tape.  When you import and catalog the tape again, you will get all the information regarding the tape back and would be where you were before you delete the tape.

    You do not have to delete the tape until you want to overwrite it.

     

    BTW, this is an user-supported forum and nobody, including Symantec, is obliged to respond to your postings.  If you need a formal answer or urgent help, then you should log a formal support case with Symantec.

Larry_Fine's avatar
Larry_Fine
Level 6
10 years ago

Are you sure that you have the same issue and root cause?  The technote you linked is for BE 2010 and older, yet you indicated that you are using BE 2014?

Have you tried exporting that tape and re-importing it?

Once BE starts requesting an overwritable tape, I don't think that there is anything htat you can do to get it to append to a tape, short of canceling and re-starting the backup job so that it can use the appendable tape.