Tapes shows as "Blank Media" after "One Time Backup"

[dori_bashan]

hi

Using BE 2014 SP1 and backup to tape

After a "One Time Backup" finished sucessfully , the tapes are showing up as "Blank Media" in the description but you can see that the data is there.

Have a look on the attached print screen

I have tried restaring the services to force BE to update the statue - but it didn't help

Anu idea?

Thanks

[VJware]

Right-click the slots and is the option "Preserve description" enabled or not ?

[dori_bashan]

It is set to Yes on all slots.

even that the default should be No

Weird.

Even after changing it to No, it is still marked as Blank Media

[dori_bashan]

is it a one-time per-slot setting?

 Or is it a per-tape per-slot setting that i need to change each time?i moving tapes between slots?

[pkh]

Did you try adding a description?

[dori_bashan]

changing the settings to No and edit the decription works

The issue left to solve is that i want to know 

is it a one-time per-slot setting?

 Or is it a per-tape per-slot setting that i need to change each time?i moving tapes between slots?

[VJware · Accepted solution]

The media description is preserved until the next overwrite operation on the tape. To preserve the description even after an overwrite, the setting "Preserve description" must be set to Yes.

[dori_bashan]

Thank you