10-07-2009 07:36 PM
Before my backup job last night, I have two overwriteable tapes, Tape A ( Label: 000001L3, allocation date: 1 Oct, slot 2) and Tape B (Label: 000002L3, allocation date: 30 Sep, slot 6) in my library. These are in the same media set that is used by my backup job. The backup job which is set to overwrite, used Tape A.
Does anybody know why Tape B was not used? According to my understanding so far, BE determines which tape is older by its allocation date and use it first. These tapes are not appended to. A fresh tape is used every day, The reasons that I can think of are either Tape A has a lower serial no. or it is in a lower number slot.
I called Tech Support and was told that BE select tapes by random and eventually Tape B will be used.
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10-08-2009 11:13 PM
The problem is due to a corruption in the tape entry in the BE database. The tape was deleted and then re-introdued. It is now picked up and used.
10-07-2009 08:20 PM
10-07-2009 08:58 PM
10-07-2009 09:02 PM
Its strange !! how frequent does this issue happens ... Run the inventory Job before the backup ... MAke sure you dont have partitions created as if the backup job is targeted to specific partition it will look for tape in that partion itself and will not run on tape which is in another partition ..
10-07-2009 11:38 PM
10-08-2009 02:00 AM
10-08-2009 02:13 AM
The tapes in the media set are not appended to. My job is set to overwrite, not append. Thus the allocation date is the same as the modification date. They are moved off-site the next day so they can never be appended to.
10-08-2009 06:22 PM
10-08-2009 11:13 PM
The problem is due to a corruption in the tape entry in the BE database. The tape was deleted and then re-introdued. It is now picked up and used.