Append period

[Ruby_Manuel]

I have configured my partitions such that slots 1 and 2 is partition 1 then 3 and 4 is partition 2 and so on. My tapes belong in the same media set that has INFINITE -ALLOW APPEND period. However, not all tapes in the media set show APPENDABLE. When I inventory the tapes in the slots, in the 1st partition, that tape 1 is overwritable and appendable while tape 2 is overwritable and not-appendable. When I run a backup job, it goes to tape 2 first then to tape 1 instead of going in order. My media option in overwrite scratch media first before overwriting recyclable media.

Please advise.

[Ken_Putnam]

Are your jobs defined as Overwrite or Append?

If they are overwrite, this behavior would be expected.

If they are append, does the job log or alerts tab reflect a notice like
"No appendable media could be found, switching to Overwrite"?


(To be appendable, a tape must have an active backupset on it, and must be within the APP of the last backup that wrote to it. )

[Sharvari_Deshmu]

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