Hello,
I have downloaded the trial version of Backup Exec 2010 R2 and installed it on a Windows 2003 Server machine. Everything went as expected. I am attempting to use a IBM-TS-3310 LTO-3 robotic system. This system has two LTO-3 drives installed and I believe is licensed for 29 media slots. I used the drivers from Symantec on the install and I believe the Backup Exec software sees the units correctly. The problem I am having is actually using the software to do a backup.
Problem 1 - After doing a scan or inventory of the slots, it does not show any media. These LTO-3 Tapes all are bar coded and that should work.
Problem 2 - This system still has IBM Tivoli software on it that we are looking to move away from. Possibly this is causing a conflict? Maybe the tapes are being added to a predefined Tivoli library?
Problem 3 - I am certainly not a backup/archive/restore expert. All I want to do is manual backups of certain folders of files on my drive to a LTO-3 tape and put the tape on the shelf. No incremental etc. I have found no way to select individual folders to back up.
Problem 4 - I cannot find any detailed guide on how to use the TS-3310 in the most basic way with Backup Exec. My needs are super simple, but I am struggling to just load the tapes and have them seen.
Please help me