Media

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Simple Tape rotation question
I just took over the Backup Exec environment and had a simple question about tapes and rotating them through the system. We do a monthly backup and those tapes are kept for 2 years per our retention rules. So I have older tapes that are cycling out of the retention period that I would like to reuse. For the backups we use a Monthly backup media set. What would be the best operation for reusing these tapes in the monthly backup media set?
SteveMac1
4 years ago Place Backup Exec
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SQL Query for Backup Exec 12 to check media for Report
I need to have the ability to query SQL on Backup Exec 2014 so that I can check that media Offline Tape Media. I have found tables [dbo].[Media]. Does anyone know of a way to find Offline Media Types ? Or I use the wrong table?
dukedizel
9 years ago Place Backup Exec
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Backup Exec 15 does not consider overwritable media in storage capacity
Hi, I'm having a small issue with the Backup Exec storage screen. As shown below, the capacity of the tape library is reported as almost full: However, the media in the tape library is now outside of it's protection period and is marked as overwriteable: Should Backup Exec not see this overwritable media as available capacity? I should also mention that backups are running to tape correctly, it would just be nice to see usable capacity accurately on the storage screen, rather than having to drill down into the 'Slots' screen.
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wizard1
9 years ago Place Backup Exec
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