Select Tape drive (when two drives aer installed)

[sachitha]

Hi all,

I have a backup exec 2012 media server with Library Expansion Option installed and I got two tape drives insalled in my tape loader. How can I chose the drive out of two when I create a backup job. There is no drop down in the "Storage" section of backup create dialog. Please help me to come out of this problem.

Regs,

Sachitha.

[pkh]

In the Storage tab, do you see two tape drives under your library?  If not, you should power-cycle your library and your media server.

[sachitha]

Hi pkh,

I can see two tape drives in the Storage tab.

Regs,

Sachitha.

[pkh]

Have you tried re-starting all the BE services?

[sachitha]

Hi pkh,

Services restarted several tiems and finally server rebooted. Could you please tell me where can I select the drives when I create the backup job.

Regs,

Sachitha.

[pkh]

You should be able to select the tape drive in the storage selection, just like you can select a disk storage, etc.  Can you see the tape library?

[AmolB]

I guess your query was already answered in the below forum thread

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/how-select-two-tape-drives-backup-exec-2012

[VJware]

Would you pls post a screen-shot of the drop-down or rather the Storage section of the backup job properties in addition to the Storage tab.

[sachitha]

Hi All,

That thred doesn't have the answer for my question. I will post a screen shot of my configh for your refferance.

[VJware]

Are both drives added to the partitions ? And is IBM 0002 (0015-0041) the only partition listed ? Does it give any error when you chose the drop-down or nothing happens when you do so...

[Colin_Weaver]

If you use partition then you cannot select a specific drive in this drop down as the partition becomes the drive choice - your screenshot does shwo a partition is in use/configured.

Why do you care which drives writes to the tape, the partition and the media sets in combination will control which tape cartridge is used - or are you using a library containing 2 separate tape technologies (LTO-3 and LTO-5 for instance) and therefore have 2 different standard drives that you need to control the use of?

[sachitha]

Hi All,

I have two separate LTO5 tape drives installed and I need to run two backups for separate partitions simultaniously. So how can I do it?

Regs,

Sachitha.