Invalid Physical Volume Library Media Identifier.

[damienp]

I am receiving an error when trying to run a simple restore job on Backup Exec 11d.

Here are the steps I have taken:

1. Install Backup Exec 11d on new server.
2. Shutdown all services.
3. Copied contents of catalog folder from Veritas Backup Exec 9.1 Folder to new 11d catalog folder.
4. Restarted all services.
5. Restarted 11d server with 9.1 server's tape drive attached.
6. Ran "New device configuration wizard"
7. Unlocked library and ran inventory. (Successful)

Even after all of these steps I am still receiving this error: "Invalid Physical Volume Library Media Identifier"

Any ideas?

Thanks

[damienp]

*Solved*

When configuring a new server with another server's catalogs, if you want to do a restore you must run an inventory on the desired tape set BEFORE you begin the job.