Backup Exec Tape Ejecting

[pissnonhaters]

I am running Backup Exec on my SBS Server.  For some reason every night after the job completes it is still ejecting the tape, even though the "Eject media after job competes" option is unchecked.  The jobs complete successfully, and the server has been rebooted multiple times.  Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Wesley

[Ken_Putnam]

As far as I know, if  Eject-on-End is not selected, the only reason the tape would be ejecting is if it is filling up

Any possibility that the job is asking for another tape, and is timing out before one is provided and thus ending?

[pissnonhaters]

I don't think it's filling up.  There's only 100GB of data and the tapes are 350GB.  The job runs at night, but when I look at it the next morning, it's not asking for another tape.  And it says it successfully completed.

[pissnonhaters]

I don't think it's filling up.  There's only 100GB of data and the tapes are 350GB.  The job runs at night, but when I look at it the next morning, it's not asking for another tape.  And it says it successfully completed.

[Ben_L_]

Might want to try running tracer on the server to see when the eject command is getting sent to the tape drive, this may help to determine what is making it eject. If it's not ejecting at the end of the backup, another process may be trying to use the drive and ejects the tape.

http://support.veritas.com/docs/285630

[rookie11]

tracer worked in my case also