ntbackup

[longhair]

good morning all,

not being familar with ntbackup i have a quick question.
pc running windows xp with a lto drive for the backup device - backup is scheduled incrementally durring the week with a full on friday.
i went and inserted today's tape and then drilled down to erase it but all ntbackup gives me is to 'delete catalog from...'
so, the question is - is that the same as erasing the tape?
thanks in advance.
regards,
longhair

 

[wosie]

i believe deleting a catalog is just deleting the table of contents of the backup.

to erase this site mentions

ntbackup /nopoll
You can then use NT Backup to erase a tape.

http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/13435/how-do-i-use-nt-backup-to-erase-a-tape.html

 

[linney]

Anything relevant here?

Media Management

http://www.backupassist.com/HTMLHelp/WhitePaper_mediaManagement.html#delete

You might have better luck in a Server Forum too?

http://www.tek-tips.com/threadminder.cfm?pid=931