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Backup taking ages!

IanIT
Level 2

‎07-03-2008 01:59 AM

Hi Guys,

 

I have a backup which is taking ages to run! it starts at 11PM and get too 175GB and will then say:

 

Please insert overwritable media into the drive.

Overwritable media includes scratch, blank, and recyclable media. Please note that depending on the current Media Overwrite Protection setting, imported and allocated media may be overwritable as well. Consult the online help for more information on overwritable media.

Respond Yes to acknowledge.
Respond No to retry the operation.
Respond Cancel to cancel the operation.

 

Why does this keep popping up?

 

Regards

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Munsterfan2008
Level 2

‎07-03-2008 04:08 AM

Hi

What size are the tapes you are using for your backup?

Dermot
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Ken_Putnam
Level 6

‎07-03-2008 07:53 AM

because the tape are filling up

 

What kind of drive and media are you using?

 

Remember that 2:1 cpmpression is a marketing thing, not an engineering thing.  If your systems is rated at 100/200 for example, you will probably only get 120-130GB on each tape, not 200GB

 

See http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/199542.htm

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