Backup tapes now unrecognized

[mot98]

Hi All,

We are running BE 8.6 here with a Seagate Python 4 tape autoloader.

Backups have been running fine for over 2 years, and I have tested restores on a regular basis.

However, today I went to test a restore and when I loaded the tapes into the tape drive, it says they are all "blank media".... I have gone through the last months worth of tapes and they are all coming up with the same message.

I have not changed the storage location, and to my knowledge nothing has been near them that would cause any damage.

Has anyone seen anything like this before.



mot98

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[BenJP]

Maybe the catalog is corrupted. I had this problem over a year ago and I found a document on the BE site that tell you how to recover the catalog.

 

[SQLBill]

Did you INVENTORY them?

-SQLBill

 

[raysurx2000]

Try the following:

1. Inventory the tapes, which you've probably done already.

2. Inventory the tapes on a different BackupExec 8.6 server to verify they are not blank.

3. You should check

http://www.veritas.com

knowledgebase for some tech docs.

4. re-install BackupExec as last resort.

 

[mot98]

Hi Guys...

Well, I finally figured it out. Apparently for some reason the BE program lost its connection to the local media server. (Don't know how this happened!)

Once I went to "Network", "Connect to Media Server" and entered in the correct info, everything is working fine.

Weird, as I have never seen this happen before.

Thanks for all the help.


mot98

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