Overwrite protection period for media sets

[Christian_Thoma]

Hi
Our Backup Exec 9.1 server crashed, and we needed to reinstall it.
Now all our media have this overwrite setting:
Infinite - Don't Allow Overwrite
Even though the media set that contains all these media, have this settings:
Overwrite protection 1 year
Append period 3 days
And the Allocated Date for the media is over 1 year ago.
How do I force the media to use the Overwrite/append periods from the media set, as it should ?

Thanks in advance

System Administrator
Christian Thomasberg

[Ken_Putnam]

Since you reinstalled BackupExec -

Did you re-create the media sets, or did you recover from the BEDB.BAK file?

Do the tapes actually belong to the media set, or are they listed as "Imported Tapes"

[Asma_Tamboli]

Hi,

Do you have Service Pack 2 for backup Exec 9.1 installed?
If not, please install service Pack 4 from the following weblink:

http://support.veritas.com/docs/279308

Media being falsely reported as having the overwrite setting "Infinite - Don't Allow Overwrite" has been resolved in the hotfix 3 which is now included in the latest Service Pack.

Hope it helps!


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[Ken_Putnam]

Why don't you front line techs know that SP1, SP2 and SP3 have been withdrawn from the available service downloads?

Why is only the broken SP4 still available?

[Christian_Thoma]

The problem was solved after I installed SP4.
Thanks for your help everybody

System Administrator
Christian Thomasberg