Cannot restore dbase

[the_0utsider1]

I have BE 2010 on a win2008r2 with SQL to backup the dbase.

All this as a VM.

the system went up in smoke and so i built a new vm and upon restoring the dbase via SQL the message implies the tape drives are not hte ones in the dbase i am trying to restore so it errors and wont let me restore the BE dbase.

How can i get BE or SQL to read in my backup dbase file??

TIA

[AmolB]

Could you post the exact error message?

[lmosla]

Have you ran a catalog on the tape?  in addition, review this link  http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH56694

[the_0utsider1]

Yes. i ran catalog first- thats how i restored the backed up db file - now just to read it in....

[pkh]

Using a virtual media server to access tape drives is an unsupported configuration.

[VJware]

Are you trying to restore the BE's database ?

If yes, once the server restore is complete, you can use BEUtility to restore the DB (As BE itself automatically takes a backup of the BEDB every day) No need to use T-SQL.

Have a look @ these KBs -

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH65053

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH62744

[sharma_gaurav]

Using a virtual media server to access tape drives is an unsupported configuration.