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dori_bashan
Level 6
10 years ago

Tapes shows as "Blank Media" after "One Time Backup"

hi

Using BE 2014 SP1 and backup to tape

After a "One Time Backup" finished sucessfully , the tapes are showing up as "Blank Media" in the description but you can see that the data is there.

Have a look on the attached print screen

I have tried restaring the services to force BE to update the statue - but it didn't help

Anu idea?

Thanks

Backing Up
Backup and Recovery
Backup Exec
Windows Server (2003-2008)
  • VJware's avatar
    VJware
    10 years ago

    The media description is preserved until the next overwrite operation on the tape. To preserve the description even after an overwrite, the setting "Preserve description" must be set to Yes.

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    VJware
    Level 6
    10 years ago

    Right-click the slots and is the option "Preserve description" enabled or not ?

     

  • dori_bashan's avatar
    dori_bashan
    Level 6
    10 years ago

    It is set to Yes on all slots.

    even that the default should be No

    Weird.

    Even after changing it to No, it is still marked as Blank Media

  • dori_bashan's avatar
    dori_bashan
    Level 6
    10 years ago

    is it a one-time per-slot setting?

     Or is it a per-tape per-slot setting that i need to change each time?i moving tapes between slots?

  • dori_bashan's avatar
    dori_bashan
    Level 6
    10 years ago

    changing the settings to No and edit the decription works

    The issue left to solve is that i want to know 

    is it a one-time per-slot setting?

     Or is it a per-tape per-slot setting that i need to change each time?i moving tapes between slots?

     

  • VJware's avatar
    VJware
    Level 6
    10 years ago

    The media description is preserved until the next overwrite operation on the tape. To preserve the description even after an overwrite, the setting "Preserve description" must be set to Yes.