How to move a backup from one tape to another one

[JL_Casaux]

Hello folks, is there any way in Backup Exec 2012/2014 to move a backup from one tape to another one? What about the indexes? Thank you in advance.

[Colin_Weaver]

You will need a libary with two tape drives (or 2 stand alone drives) and then you run a duplicate job against the backup set which creates a new catalog (index) for the second tape as it duplicates

[JL_Casaux]

Ok, and if I want to delete the first backup set there is no problem about future recoveries using the duplicate backup, right?

[Colin_Weaver]

There should be no problem with the duplicate.

One key point though, you cannot just delete one backup set from a tape, you have to delete the whole of the content of the tape (which might be more then one set depending on the backup history)

[JL_Casaux]

Ok, and what about a backup set from disk as source? I suppose it's possible.

[SSR_7767]

Yes. That is possible.

It is recommended not to delete the backup sets directly from the disc storage. If you do not want a particular backup set, you may right click and EXPIRE the same from Backup Exec (2014) and let the DLM delete it from the storage.