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discorobbo · 06-25-2012

Hi all, Just put a new SBS 2011 live for a client and installed BE2012. Yep, I hate the changes, but I'm determined to get it to work :) Found the below article about doing Multiple Server backups to 1 tape, and got it running fine for 2 weeks. http:...

discorobbo · 05-28-2012

Just putting in a new Windows 2011 SBS for a client, and we're putting on the latest version of Backup Exec. They also have a Red Hat Linux server running version 3 that currently backs up to its own tape drive - but we want to install the Linux agen...

discorobbo · 06-27-2012

Kiran - looks like what happened is sort of how you've described. Looks like the backup job was starting to run on the tape with about 200GB spare (backs up about 280GB nightly) even though their wasn't enough room to fit the whole append. When the t...

discorobbo · 06-27-2012

It was the "infinite append" on the media set that was the issue, as this prevented the tape from ever then being overwritten when it was too full to append (even though all overwrite permissions were set to allow). Thanks Be-Nugget I can now use BE ...

discorobbo · 06-25-2012

Be-Nugget - will dropping the append to 18 hrs basically mean that each week, when the tapes are re-inserted a week since last append, they'll just overwrite instead? Hope so, and I'll try it. That might be the issue and is why I mentioned it. Kiran ...

discorobbo · 06-25-2012

Oh, and 2 separate server backups, both with "Append, Overwrite if can't append" selected.

discorobbo · 06-25-2012

Current Tape when wiped (works fine) Tape that has been appended to twice and is now full Media Set: BE Overwrite settings:

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Backup Exec 2012 Multiple Server to 1 Tape issue

Linux Agent for BE2012 that will work with Red Hat v3

Kiran - looks like what

Sorted - Infinite append was issue

Be-Nugget - will dropping the

Oh, and 2 separate server

Current Tape when wiped