B2D jobs are not overwriting media

[That1guy]

I have an exchange backup job run nightly to 7 differant B2D directories (all configured the same way). How i have them set up is to overwrite the old jobs in the directory every time. This allows me to keep 7 days worth of backups. All 7 backups were working properly until about a month ago. 2 of the 7 backups stopped overwriting the old backups and started adding the new one to the directory. I noticed this today when the 2 directories had over a months worth of backups in them.

Here is what i have checked so far.

Backup job says to overwrite only
Media set has an append period of Infinite
Media set OVerwrite period is set to none

I have read through both the below articals and everything is in order. Any suggestions

http://support.veritas.com/docs/237374
http://support.veritas.com/docs/192265

This is strang that it is only happening to 2 of the 7 B2D folders.

Thanks

[Ken_Putnam]

Media set Overwrite period is set to none

This is what is preventing the data from being overwritten.  Change it to 6 days and they should start overwriting again

[That1guy]

So when i go to the Media set porperties the Overwrite protection period is greyed out with no way to change the option from none. How can i change this option.

So know im confused. It also says at the bottum
WARNING: Any Media can be overwritten if the overwrite Protection level is set to None. The overwrtie protection level is currently set to None.

If i need to specify a period then thats cool but why whould Symantec display this message? Its very miss leading in that case

Thanks for you help

[Ken_Putnam]

 

To set defaults for media management

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.

2. On the Properties pane, under Settings, click Media Management.

I'd suggest "partial"