Hi All,
One of my client has "Symantec BackupEXEC 2010 R3" & experiencing backup issues on tape for Mon-Thur Job & Frid Job .Please help.
ISSUE
The Symantec BE can successfully backup the first 2 or 3 BACKUPS successfully.
After the tape is used for a 4th time,the previous backups on the tape are not being overwritten & eventually the backup fails.
MORE INFO
Previously the backup was working correctly.Its after changing the Retention Period
from 04 to 06 Weeks for the MON-THUR Media Set
and
from 08 Weeks to 12 Weeks for the FRIDAY Media set
the backup issues started to occur.
Tape Spec : 800 GB
Tape Drive Spec : Internal Single Drive
OS: Win Server 2008 R2
CURRENT CONFIGURATIONS
Mon-Thur Job:
Number of Tapes: 8 Tapes for Mon to Thur Backup
Tapes Labelled as follows:
Mon-WK 1
Tues-WK 1
Wedn-WK 1
Thur-WK 1
Mon-WK 2
Tues-WK 2
Wedn-WK 2
Thur-WK 2
how they are rotated/inserted in the tape drive in a month?
WEEK1: Mon-WK 1 / Tues-WK 1 / Wedn-WK 1 / Thur-WK 1
WEEK2: Mon-WK 2 / Tues-WK 2 / Wedn-WK 2 / Thur-WK 2
WEEK3: Mon-WK 1 / Tues-WK 1 / Wedn-WK 1 / Thur-WK 1
WEEK4: Mon-WK 2 / Tues-WK 2 / Wedn-WK 2 / Thur-WK 2
Media Set = Keep Data for 06 Weeks - Mon to Thur
Media Set Screenshot:
Job Properties:
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Frid Job:
Number of Tapes: 4 Tapes for Frid Backup
Tapes Labelled as follows:
Frid-WK 1
Frid-WK 2
Frid-WK 3
Frid-WK 4
how they are rotated/inserted in the tape drive in a month?
WEEK 1: Frid-WK 1
WEEK 2: Frid-WK 2
WEEK 3: Frid-WK 3
WEEK 4: Frid-WK 4
Media Set = Keep Data for 12 Weeks - Fri
Media Set Screenshot:
Job Properties:
