I'm trying to set up a policy that will write a full backup to a new/overwritable tape and then do inc. backups to the same tape until it's full/changed.
Thinking:
Run a daily inc. and have it append to tape (Job 1 below). If the job fails because a new/overwritable tape has been inserted (not appendable) then kick off a full backup w/ overwrite (Job 2 below). Overwrite protection will prevent Job 2 from overwriting the current tape if Job 1 fails for any other reason, like skipped open files.
Setup:
Job 1 - Daily Inc - Append to tape, term job if not appendable.
Job 2 - First Full - Overwrite
Schedule:
Job 1 - Every day
Job 2 - Only when Job 1 fails
The problem:
Job 1 often fails because of skipped/open files and kicks off Job 2.
Job 2 automatically ejects the current tape because it's not overwritable, overwrite protection date not past.
I don't want the tape to be ejected at all; the overwrite job should just fail.
Question:
Is there a way to set up BE to not automatically eject the tape when an Overwrite job runs and there isn't overwritable media in the drive? The job should just fail.
Thanks.
