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Realmcom
Level 3
11 years ago

Write Protection Confusion

Hi All, I am a bit confused at this error I am getting with Backup Exec 12.5 running on SBS 2011.  This recently started happening and I'm not sure what I'm missing here.  Take a look at the attach...
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Windows Server (2003-2008)
  • pkh's avatar
    pkh
    11 years ago

    It could be that the BEDB is corrupted.  Go to the BE installation directory and use the BEUtility to repair the BEDB.

    If this fails to solve the problem, then associate the problem tapes with the retired media set, right-click on them and select delete.  This will delete them from BE.  You then inventory and catalog the tapes again and then put them in the proper media sets.

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pkh
Moderator
11 years ago

It could be that the BEDB is corrupted.  Go to the BE installation directory and use the BEUtility to repair the BEDB.

If this fails to solve the problem, then associate the problem tapes with the retired media set, right-click on them and select delete.  This will delete them from BE.  You then inventory and catalog the tapes again and then put them in the proper media sets.