10-02-2012 09:20 AM
Hello,
I am currently using Symantec Backup Exec 2010. I have 4 tape drives currently installed in the system. When running backups and restores it will use any and all drives. However when I go to label a large number of tapes it will only ever use 1 drive. Is there a setting someplace in Backup Exec to make the Label Media... option use all of the Tape Drives? Thanks for any help that can be given.
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10-02-2012 12:10 PM
Hi,
Never seen this ever in a version of Backup Exec so the answer would be no. Tapes would be labeled on a per-tape basis.
Why not head on over to the Ideas section and add it in as an Idea?
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/backup-and-recovery/ideas
Thanks!
10-02-2012 05:28 PM
Presumably you are handling a lot of tapes. If you are not using barcode labels, then you should use them. They are a lot more efficient than non-barcode labels. See my article below on how to get started.
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/using-barcode-labels-why-and-how
If you are using barcode labels, you don't have to label any new tapes. Just slap on a barcode label and you are good to go. This indirectly solves your problem.
10-02-2012 12:10 PM
Hi,
Never seen this ever in a version of Backup Exec so the answer would be no. Tapes would be labeled on a per-tape basis.
Why not head on over to the Ideas section and add it in as an Idea?
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/backup-and-recovery/ideas
Thanks!
10-02-2012 05:28 PM
Presumably you are handling a lot of tapes. If you are not using barcode labels, then you should use them. They are a lot more efficient than non-barcode labels. See my article below on how to get started.
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/using-barcode-labels-why-and-how
If you are using barcode labels, you don't have to label any new tapes. Just slap on a barcode label and you are good to go. This indirectly solves your problem.
12-14-2012 05:32 AM
Not sure how far you have got with this, but within the backup / restore job properties you can specify which drive to use.