Hi All,
I created some backup jobs that get written to an external harddrive rather than a tape drive. Is there a way to name the file that get written to disk? Right now it get a default name B2D000005.bkf or something similar. I dont see a place to select the file name. Does any one know if there is a place to edit it or specify a name?
Correct - You aren't actually renaming the file, you are renaming the tape name (ie. a bkf file is a tape to backup exec) It doesn't matter whether you are using a tape or a backup to disk file - renaming on both will do the same thing.
And just so you know, you can acutally restore from the bkf files written with backup exec with the native windows backup program.
I'm using Backup exec 8.6, under the media tab i see the User Media Set and in there are all the backups. When i select the backup job and click rename, it comes up with "Enter new name of Media Label" is that wrong? I dont see any other place to change the name.
Not relabel, rename its like renaming a file in windows.
a rename is not a job - just a rename of the tape itself - it won't affect anything on the tape.
I'm NOT using a tape drive. I'm using an external hard drive.
When the job runs it puts a file on the harddrive called B2D000007.bkf, so what your saying is i go to the media tab and rename this file to what ever i want?
Correct - You aren't actually renaming the file, you are renaming the tape name (ie. a bkf file is a tape to backup exec) It doesn't matter whether you are using a tape or a backup to disk file - renaming on both will do the same thing.
And just so you know, you can acutally restore from the bkf files written with backup exec with the native windows backup program.
