TomRutledge
IS-IT--Management
Up until now that has always worked, but here is my current dilemma:
2 consecutive scheduled nightly backups failed. I rebooted my network (and felt the rath of all my users) strictly to cure this problem. All services loaded and it looked like things were going to be fine. I attempted to do a manual backup at that time. It has now been running (or idling) for over 24 hours and has totally locked me out af any ability to Abort; Halt; Hold; Disable; Escape or otherwise stop this job. I won't have an opportunity to reboot until about 3AM. I have tried all the ways listed to regain control of this program. All buttons, etc. are dimmed to Abort the task. I attempted to disable the tape drive in Device Manager. Nothing seems to work. Veritas doesn't seem to offer any support unless you have a Thechnical Srvice Contract. I'll bet I spend a quarter of my time babysitting failed tape backups. There must be a better way. Any thoughts?
2 consecutive scheduled nightly backups failed. I rebooted my network (and felt the rath of all my users) strictly to cure this problem. All services loaded and it looked like things were going to be fine. I attempted to do a manual backup at that time. It has now been running (or idling) for over 24 hours and has totally locked me out af any ability to Abort; Halt; Hold; Disable; Escape or otherwise stop this job. I won't have an opportunity to reboot until about 3AM. I have tried all the ways listed to regain control of this program. All buttons, etc. are dimmed to Abort the task. I attempted to disable the tape drive in Device Manager. Nothing seems to work. Veritas doesn't seem to offer any support unless you have a Thechnical Srvice Contract. I'll bet I spend a quarter of my time babysitting failed tape backups. There must be a better way. Any thoughts?