loading media
Hi,
I have Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 installed on my server. To make all the backups of the data on the the server I have a tape drive connected to the server. With the Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 I create a daily, weekly and monthly backup of the data on my server to the tapes of the tape drives.
Now I want to make a duplicate backup of the backup on the tapes to a removable tape so I can store the tape at a other location. I choosed "Duplicate backup sets following a job" to make the duplicate backup on the removable tape. but when trying to make the duplictate of the backup the job stays in a "Loading media" and the duplicate backup is not created.
Can anyone help me with this problem?
...this is how a tape duplicate will work:
1. Drive1 contains tape with data on it that you want to duplicate from.
2. Drive2 contains blank tape.
3. You need 2 drives to do this, and if you have a library, another Library Expansion Option license to enable the use of the second drive.
If you try doing this with 1 drive you will get the "Loading media" error...it is going to try loading a tape to write too, but because there is only 1 drive and it is ALREADY in use, it will stay like that!