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Pan-YanRu's avatar
Pan-YanRu
Level 3
9 years ago

what will does the Backup Exec do as I insert magazine ?

Hi All: I use Backup Exec 15 on Windows 2012 R2. Library : IBM TS3100 when I want to change a lot of tape which in the Tape library. I would take out the magazine instead of I/O station. ...
  • pkh's avatar
    9 years ago
    When magazines are removed/inserted, BE is not aware of these events and will not do anything. To update the library status in BE, you need to do either a scan or an inventory. You can only do a scan if you are using barcode labels. Otherwise, you need to do an inventory. If you do a scan and you find that the tapes are not properly recognised and placed in their media sets, then do an inventory. This is a known problem