Actual backup begins long after job starts

[Avi_Raz]

I have same problem with backupexec 10.
i don't have AOFO enabled.
the backup starts randomly between hour to 4 hours after the job starts.
the job begins at time but media is mounted after few hours.
I have media set configured.

I appreciate if you have any suggestions for me.

Thanks,
Avi

[Ajit_Kulkarni]

Hello,

Since when do you face this problem ?
What type of backup is this ? How many servers are you backing up in this backup job ? or Is it a local backup ?
Have you installed Veritas drivers ?

Kindly update.

Regards


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[Avi_Raz]

Thanks for replying,

I have a new DELL 132T tape library with LTO2 drive running less then 2 weeks.
I have FULL backup that override the tape.
The problem occurs while I first configured the job to run automatically every day. Every manual backup before it run immediately but now, even manual backup (start job now) starts long time after job is started.

I backups 14 servers, 1 of them is exchange server with exchange agent; all backup is about 200GB.
The backup is running on different segment that used only for backup. Every client has 1GB NIC used only for backup.

Yes I installed Veritas driver thru the wizard.

Avi

[Deepali_Badave]

Hello,

Are you getting any media related alerts dring the backup job?

What are the overwrite protection and append speriod settings?
Are you getting any errors in the event logs?

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[Avi_Raz]

Didn’t see any media related alerts during the backup job.

I get this error under the event log and Veritas alerts:

Event Type:Warning
Event Source:Backup Exec
Event Category:None
Event ID:65313
Date:9/5/2005
Time:7:45:42 PM
User:N/A
Computer:LOG-SERVER
Description:
Backup Exec Alert: Tape Alert Warning
(Server: "LOG-SERVER") (Job: "Daily Backup") Warning - Library security has been compromised.
Robotic Library for Device: DELL 1
=================================================

Overwrite protection: 22 days
Append period: infinite – allow append

Avi

[Peter_Ludwig]

Sorry if it sounds silly:

You do not have the progression indicator bar activated?

These would need some time before the backup starts (but will not make a warning).

greetings
Peter

[Avi_Raz]

Actually, I do have the progression indicator bar activated.
I didn't know it cause 4 hours delay before backup starts.

I just tried the backup without this indicator activated and it works immediately.

Thanks for the help,
Avi