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Re: Tape set to "allow overwrite" and "infinite append" cannot be overwritten.
That all makes sense. I was hoping BackupExec could "estimate" available tape space. Or maybe have a "flex" option to set up jobs to append the first x number of times then overwrite. Or maybe, if I know how much space I need (based on past backups), have an option in backupExec where it appends unless the tape has x amount of space left, in which case it would submit the job to overwrite instead. Oh well. Thank you both for your help. This is a great forum.3.2KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Tape set to "allow overwrite" and "infinite append" cannot be overwritten.
Thank you for your responses. Right, I'm only talking about 1 tape. No switching out. But I guess I'm a little ignorant on tapes. Let me see if I can clarify a little more. See below scenario: Let's say I can fit around 5 jobs on one tape. If a tape has 4 jobs on it and the fifth won't fit, are you saying BackupExec can't just start from the beginning and start overwriting the first job w/o overwriting the data/jobs at the end of the tape? Do jobs have to be sequential? And regardless of above answer, I'm even ok if it has to overwrite all the data/jobs on the tape but only once it has 4 jobs on it. I just don't want to overwrite every time when the tape can hold more jobs. I basically want to append as much as possible then overwrite the tape but w/o user interaction. Is BackupExec software not able to figure out how much space is left before deciding whether to overwrite or append? Thanks again.3.2KViews0likes0CommentsTape set to "allow overwrite" and "infinite append" cannot be overwritten.
Here's my problem. We just have a single tape drive. We keep about 30 some tapes in circulation. We can fit more than 1 backup on a single tape. And we want to keep as many backups going backwards as possible but don't need to keep every backup forever. What I don't understand is, if we set the following settings: In Media Set where tapes are: Overwrite Protection = none Append Period = Infinite - allow append Under Tools,Options, Media Management: Media Overwrite Protection: NONE Prompt is NOT checked (so it should not prompt) Job running is set to "append to media, overwrite if no appendable media is available" ... why once a tape fills up, will the job not overwrite that tape? We always get a prompt to put in overwritable media. I want it to append until it fills up the tape then overwrite. How can I set the settings to do that? I've seen other posts similar to this but I haven't found the answer to something like this. I appreciate any help. Thanks.3.2KViews1like9Comments