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Scott_Hemphill's avatar
Scott_Hemphill
Level 3
18 years ago

Media Insert

We backup our server everyday and lately some of our backups will stop 3/4 of the way through and will eject the media with the error "Please insert overwritable media into the drive" what are some of the possible causes? This does not occur on every backup?
11.x and Earlier
Backup and Recovery
Backup Exec

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  • Thomas_Mackey's avatar
    Thomas_Mackey
    Level 4
    18 years ago
    I have had the same problem before.
    If it wants a continuation tape,
    even though there are some "apendable" tapes in the library,
    it wants an "overwritable" tape.
  • Ken_Putnam's avatar
    Ken_Putnam
    Level 6
    18 years ago
    As Thomas says, all continuation tapes are overwrite, even if the job itself is Append

    Is anything different on the nights that the job asks for a second tape?

    Same job?
    Same amount of data?
  • Ken_Putnam's avatar
    Ken_Putnam
    Level 6
    18 years ago
    Just to verify, the job that is asking for an additional tape is an Overwrite job, correct?
  • Keith_Langmead's avatar
    Keith_Langmead
    Level 6
    18 years ago
    Can you confirm how you know the backup job stops 3/4 of the way through the job, how much data you're backing up and what kind of tapes you're using?
  • Bin_Fang_2's avatar
    Bin_Fang_2
    Level 4
    18 years ago
    There are quite a few settings involving the media use and change. A backup job can be either append or overwrite type. Media management is quite complicated in Backup Exec as I understand it. See more info at this link if you are interested:

    http://support.veritas.com/docs/192265

    Since you are in the BE 11d Forum, it introduced a new B2D management scheme for GRT backups. See the following link for more info on the GRT IMG management scheme:

    http://support.veritas.com/docs/286794