Media Insert During Job

[itjem]

Occasionally while running a backup job, BE prompts me to insert media. Problem is during the job BE puts a lock on the autoloader (Dell 124T) so it does'nt let me insert anything. Is there anyway to unlock the autoloader during the job? How else can I insert media without cancelling the job?

[itsmeaffinity]

Hi 

Please click on link below

http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO22882

[Hywel_Mallett]

Which alert response will unlock the loader?

[Ken_Putnam]

If you are pointing your job(s) at a one slot partition, there isn't much you can do about this

If you are pointing at the loader as a whole, BackupExec should be able to grab an Overwriteable tape from those mounted, base on the options you have selected

[itjem]

So no luck?

[Ken_Putnam]

Hmm

When a tape fills up (either Append or Overwrite) the job can only continue on an Overwriteable tape.  Are the other two tapes Overwriteable? 

[itjem]

Well in this scenario the other two are full, hence the need for a media insert.

[Ken_Putnam]

In that case the only solution I can see would be to either reduce the amount of data in the job, or expand your partition

[pkh]

...  or remove the partition.

[CraigV]

Unfortunately, if BE has a lock on the hardware, there is no way to unlock the drive and then put a tape in the autoloader.

I have tried this myself, including putting the job on Hold. Once the job is running, BE has exclusive access to the hardware.