I can try this
I did try reinstalling backup exec but I guess it picked up all my old settings
the only way can see to delete them is to click them in teh cascades drive pool or standalone drives and riht click delete. so I can give this a go and then reboot the server
cheers for advice
The drives are all the same make and type, only there is one internal one and two external ones
they are all members of the cascaded drive pool however only the internal drive shows in "All Drives"
they say a picture tells a thousand words so hopefully I have managed to link one to here to show...
Hi,
I have been using Veritas Backup Exec 8.6 for some time now and it all seemed to be working fine.
Then our full backup jobs started going over two tapes.
We already had one internal DLT and one External.
They were both on their own cable from the same SCSI card.
We added a third tape...
LOL, FYI :
I tried to find out a price on a Tape degausser. however the three sources I used all came back telling me that for some reason these things are not strictly leagal ?? :o
hence I cannot purchase one :(
I am looking at some sites to see if it is worth us sending our media to...
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I figured it had to be some sort of formatting issue, however I do not know how to deguass the tapes.
I even went to the extreme of taking a tape home and sitting it for a few days with powerful magnets around it to try and wipe it :o)
Now that I know that I need to "Deguass"...
Depending on what version of windows you have you should have a "Backup" option in
Stat
Programs
Accessories
System Tools
?
If not then you may need to go to Add/remove programs in the control panel and Add/remnove windows components and finally select the backup tool to install...
Hi,
We have an old HP SureStore DLT8000 drive that has the manual flap that is used to close and lock the tapes in place. We later purchased what we thought were the same drives but from DELL. They are Benchmark DLT1 drives ( one has DLT VS80 printed on it also ), they still take the exact...
Hi,
We use backup exec 8.6 and have two backup drives ( one external and one internal ) Our weekly backup runs over 2 tapes onto a 3rd, or it would except currently using a cascading drive pool ( so that I dont have to come in Monday morning and click "ok" to let it go to the second...
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I have had this issue for a while and was starting to worry where I might fi d teh answer, I had changed teh backup exec password due toa seniior member of staff leaving that knew teh old password.
I reset all the services etc and although the machine running BE could browes to all...
Hi there,
I currently use Backup Exec v 8.6 in conjunction with two DLT80 drives ( one internal and one external ).
Now I have managed to create an unattended backup so that when it needs a second tape it just goes to the other drive by creating a drive pool. However the backups at the end of...
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