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yadda123's avatar
yadda123
Level 4
15 years ago

Anyway to resume a failed backup(DONE)?

I added a standalone drive to my present install(we have a library), and the standalone drive is temporary and we just need to archive some data while not using our normal lto4 drives. Anyway, I kicke...
7.1.x and Earlier
Backup and Recovery
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    Nicolai
    15 years ago

    You can't resume a job that's done (status code 0 &1).  I think the problem you are facing is the tape drive unloading after each backup, but there is a option to fix this:

    How to prevent NetBackup from unloading media from standalone tape device(s) after usage    .

    Hope this tech-note helps. You can also increase the mount timeout in the GUI : Properties > Master Server > Global NetBackup Attributes > Timeouts > Media mount timeout

    But the mount time should not work for standalone drives if you ask me.
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Nicolai
Moderator
15 years ago

You can't resume a job that's done (status code 0 &1).  I think the problem you are facing is the tape drive unloading after each backup, but there is a option to fix this:

How to prevent NetBackup from unloading media from standalone tape device(s) after usage.

Hope this tech-note helps. You can also increase the mount timeout in the GUI : Properties > Master Server > Global NetBackup Attributes > Timeouts > Media mount timeout

But the mount time should not work for standalone drives if you ask me.