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BE 8.6 not overwriting

Mike_Corbett
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We have a BE 8.6 server running nightly full backups. The same job is used for every weeknight save. Once every one or two weeks, usually on a Thursday or Friday, the job will not run because it ejects the tape at the start of the job run.

The job is set to overwrite media on the general tab, there is no overwrite protection set for any of the media, and the only message in the job log is this:

"No appendable media could be mounted.
Switching to overwrite operation on scratch media."

Any help?

Mike
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Ken_Putnam
Level 6
The job thinks that it is an append, even though you say that it is an Overwrite

I'd start by deleting the old job and recreating it