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Stephen_Lantz
Level 2
19 years ago

AIT3 WORM Media with Backup Exec

I am trying to setup a couple of backup jobs with AIT3 WORM media on our SONY SDX-700C AIT3 drive. This unit is only going to be used for these WORM backups so all of the tapes are WORM. When the job tries to run it comes back with a "write protect error".

I have contacted Spectralogic for advice and they said that at very first it does pass on that the media is "write protected" and usually your software will have a location that you can specify that this is WORM media.

I have not been able to find any place to set this option. Does 9.1 support WORM? if not does 10? or can you help me configure it.

Thanks for your help.
10.x and Earlier
Backup and Recovery
Backup Exec

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  • Deepali_Badave's avatar
    Deepali_Badave
    Level 6
    19 years ago
    Hello,

    You can verify if it is compatible with BE 9.1 using following HCL:

    http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/271383.htm
    http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/271382.htm

    HCL for 10.0
    http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/274347.htm

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  • Stephen_Lantz's avatar
    Stephen_Lantz
    Level 2
    19 years ago
    Thanks for your reply.

    My system is on the compatibility list.

    Spectra Logic Spectra 64K SPECTRA^GATOR SCSI ID Sony SDX-700C AITi260/S (AIT-3) SONY^^^^SDX-700C SCSI 8mm Tested
  • Gauri_Ketkar's avatar
    Gauri_Ketkar
    Level 6
    19 years ago
    Hi,

    With BEWS 9.1 SONY SDX-700C AIT3 WORM Media are not supported.

    With BEWS 10.0.5520 Worm Drives are supporetd but WORM Media Management is not supported.

    Check the device you are using is listed here :
    http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/274347.htm

    You can check this from the Readme FIle of Backup Exec
    Go to backup exec > Info> Read Me file

    Hope this will help you.

    Thank you
    Gauri


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