We are using Symantec Backup Exec 2010. We do a nightly backup. We have 11 tapes that we rotate through, 1 tape per day. The tapes are numbered 1-11.
About month ago, we noticed that when tape 8 would run, we would get a Tape Alert Error with the...
Thank you for the reply. It is not a faulty cable as the backup works perfectly fine every day except when Tape 8 is used. Maintenance tasks do run, but because the tape rotation is 11 days, the maintenance tasks do not happen every time it is Tape...
In the Backup Exec application, in the Alerts tab we will see:
Type: Error
Category: Tape Alert Error
Message: Critical - Your data is at risk:
Device Name: HP 0001
Source: Device
This is what we see when we click on that Alert in the Aler...
The data being backed up on all the tapes are the same. Before I purchased new tapes, I did run a cleaning job.
I will try and also clarify. Let's say Tape 1 runs on September 1. Tape 2 then runs on September 2. Tape 8, on September 8 will fail....
