03-11-2014 03:55 AM
Hi,
i have a short question.
One of my customer reported me, after each Backup Job the Tape of the Tape Library will be ejected. For the next Job a Tape will be insterted back again.
So this procedure consumes a lot of time an my customer asked me if its possible to leave the Tape inside the Drive.
I answered my customer, that this behavior is "by design" and its a part of the Tape Library, not BackupExec.
So my question is:
- Am i right?
- Is there no possibility to disable this "Library Feature" an let eject the Tape if i select the option in BackupExec?
Thanks!
Best regards
Marco
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03-18-2014 09:43 AM
I think there is some confusion between "export" and "eject".
The "eject after backup job" setting has no impact on a tape library, that option is for use with stand-alone tape drives.
BE controls the ejection of the tape from the tape drive (and back to a storage slot) in a tape library.
Normally, BE waits for 60 seconds to see if another job wishes to use the same tape, to avoid the time consuming dismount & re-mount cycle that your customer was complaining about. If 60 seconds isn't enoungh for your customer environment, you can increasse that timer.
It can be changed in BEutility.exe under "edit configuration" for a server or the registy value is “Next Job Wait Time” under “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\Backup Exec For Windows\Backup Exec\Engine\Misc”. I would suggest trying a setting of 120 seconds.
03-11-2014 04:23 AM
Hi,
A tape autoloader/library should not automatically eject the tape. A stand-alone tape drive would do so for obvious reasons as it would need a manual insertion of the next tape.
Have you made sure that there is no Export slot designated on the library with an Export job scheduled to eject the tape once the job expires?
Thanks!
EDIT: You might also want to refer to the links below...seems like this is a default behaviour of BE 2012:
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/backup-exec-ejecting-tape-when-it-shouldnt
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/ideas/stop-default-tape-eject-behaviour-be-2012
03-11-2014 08:16 AM
03-18-2014 09:43 AM
I think there is some confusion between "export" and "eject".
The "eject after backup job" setting has no impact on a tape library, that option is for use with stand-alone tape drives.
BE controls the ejection of the tape from the tape drive (and back to a storage slot) in a tape library.
Normally, BE waits for 60 seconds to see if another job wishes to use the same tape, to avoid the time consuming dismount & re-mount cycle that your customer was complaining about. If 60 seconds isn't enoungh for your customer environment, you can increasse that timer.
It can be changed in BEutility.exe under "edit configuration" for a server or the registy value is “Next Job Wait Time” under “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\Backup Exec For Windows\Backup Exec\Engine\Misc”. I would suggest trying a setting of 120 seconds.
03-21-2014 03:48 AM
03-21-2014 08:04 AM
I don't see a technote on it anymore. It is clearly listed in the bediag.txt file produced. If you are uncomfortable with the registry change, feel free to use Beutility.exe.
Here is what BEutility help says about it: