06-21-2011 01:04 AM
Hi all,
We're using Backup Exec 2010 System Recovery without a tape library (so only storage on HDD, partitions D:\ and E:\). Up to now all backups were stored on partition E:\. Now I'm trying since weeks to find out how to move some media from E:\ to D:\, but I don't find anything relevant. The idea is to completely move the storage from partition E:\ to D:\.
Can someone please help me ? Is it even possible to move the medium from one partition to another / to change the path where backups are stored without losing data ?
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06-21-2011 05:47 AM
...I'd disable the B2D in BE. Then move the folder in Windows. Once done, recreate a B2D pointing to the new location on D:\.
06-21-2011 01:43 AM
...moved to the correct forum!
06-21-2011 02:19 AM
See p. 161 of the users guide: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH75968
06-21-2011 03:15 AM
Well, I must have been wrong about the product we're using... it's not BESR2010, but BE2010. Sorry for that.
I'm also sorry for having posted in the wrong forum. I move it back to the "backup exec" forum, hope it's then OK.
In the Administrator manual I didn't find any answer to my problem. It's also possible that I don't understand correctly all these things with media/storage management.
06-21-2011 03:19 AM
...you should be able to copy your data in your B2D folders from E:\ to D:\ and then recreate the B2D within BE itself. Once done, run an inventory...
06-21-2011 03:50 AM
Ok, so you mean :
1- delete the destination B2D folder ("where the data will be moved to")
2- move data
3- create the B2D folders in BE
4- run an inventory
Would it not work without step 1 and 3 ?
06-21-2011 04:47 AM
...I'd do either a copy or move. I wouldn't delete the folder from the E:\ drive at all until it is confirmed to have moved successfully and recreated in BE pointing to the D:\ drive.
06-21-2011 05:43 AM
The question was more about the deletion/re-creation of the "device" in BE, not the folder on the disk. If I simply move the data from E:\ to D:\ and then run an inventory, it should be OK, no ?
06-21-2011 05:47 AM
...I'd disable the B2D in BE. Then move the folder in Windows. Once done, recreate a B2D pointing to the new location on D:\.
06-21-2011 09:18 AM
Ok, it seemed to work without any deletion.
I disabled B2D on both folders in BE, then moved data between D:\ and E:\ as needed, then enabled both B2D folders in BE and finally ran an invetory on both B2D folders.
Note that the settings for both B2D folders are the same (I suppose that it possibly makes problems, therefore the need of deleting/re-creating them).
Thank you for your help !
06-21-2011 11:04 PM
Confirmation: jobs all OK this night, no problem !
Thanks once again.