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Liam_Thompson · 12-10-2013

Hello, I'm having a problem appending to tape. I use a 24-Tape Robotic Library and I usualy run: 2 sets of week FULL backups jobs i.e. Week A, Week B. They run over the weekend. Next week I change the tapes for Week B and run FULL backups again th...

Liam_Thompson · 11-15-2011

Hello, I just need someone to tell me whether my theory is right on the Incremental media set I'm creating. I am planning to backup a server incrementally to one tape, Monday to Friday after running a weekly full backup to a separate tape on a Satur...

Liam_Thompson · 12-13-2013

How can the media be write-protected the catch isn't pulled over nor are the media set rules set capable of stopping a job from writing to that media, that is the whole issue I've been suffering.

Liam_Thompson · 12-13-2013

Anyway the full backups are due to run tonight so everything should be back to normal, thanks for you help, I just needed to try and understand incase a simlar situation happens again as this is the first time in 5 years I've had this issue.

Liam_Thompson · 12-12-2013

I have tried running the same incremental job twice in a row to a backup-to-disk folder using the same media set, exact settings just changed the destination from the tape to the folder and its working perfectly so for some reason the tape no matter ...

Liam_Thompson · 12-12-2013

Yes I understand that the timestamp isn't written to the tapes but is in association with the actual files to back up. Would you say that if a FULL job starts at the scheduled time but is queued for many hours behind say 4 other FULL backups due to ...

Liam_Thompson · 12-11-2013

Thats what I don't understand, surely if it does write and keep a time stamp from the previous media set (30 Hours overwrite, 5 days Append) and its ignoring the new "emergency extra append" media set (No Overwrite, 1 year append) it would have start...

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Issue appending to tapes

Need confirmation on Overwrite and Append times for Incremental Backup

How can the media be

Anyway the full backups are

I have tried running the same

Yes I understand that the

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