Hi
I have veritas Backup exec sheduled to do a backup every morning. I have two different schedules, one for weekdays when it ejects the tape when it is done so it can be changed at 9 in hte morning, and one for the weekend so it does not eject the tape and backs up to the friday tape on Friday, saturday and Sunday.
When I look at the weekday backups take 9 hours when they should take about 20 minuites. The weekend ones take 50 or 60 hours! The alert window has an alert for every day:
Overwriting allocated media '4MM000004'.
Media Overwrite Protection is configured to overwrite allocated media.
Please consult the online help for more information on allocated media.
As I said, the weekday backups take 9 hours 20 minutes. They are set to run at 12.00 and the tape is changed in teh morning around 9.00 so it is only actually doing the backup once the tape has been changed. Similarly on friday it waites until monday morning to do the backup (50 hours).
So I assume it is taking so long as it is waiting for a response to this. I have caught it sometimes waiting. Surely if it is set to ovrwrite allocated media it should just do it?
How do I get around this so it just backs it up instead of waiting? Do I have to configure the media differently or what?
Thanks, hope you can help.
Giles Giles Roadnight
messenger: giles_roadnight@hotmail.com
ICQ: 81621370
I have veritas Backup exec sheduled to do a backup every morning. I have two different schedules, one for weekdays when it ejects the tape when it is done so it can be changed at 9 in hte morning, and one for the weekend so it does not eject the tape and backs up to the friday tape on Friday, saturday and Sunday.
When I look at the weekday backups take 9 hours when they should take about 20 minuites. The weekend ones take 50 or 60 hours! The alert window has an alert for every day:
Overwriting allocated media '4MM000004'.
Media Overwrite Protection is configured to overwrite allocated media.
Please consult the online help for more information on allocated media.
As I said, the weekday backups take 9 hours 20 minutes. They are set to run at 12.00 and the tape is changed in teh morning around 9.00 so it is only actually doing the backup once the tape has been changed. Similarly on friday it waites until monday morning to do the backup (50 hours).
So I assume it is taking so long as it is waiting for a response to this. I have caught it sometimes waiting. Surely if it is set to ovrwrite allocated media it should just do it?
How do I get around this so it just backs it up instead of waiting? Do I have to configure the media differently or what?
Thanks, hope you can help.
Giles Giles Roadnight
messenger: giles_roadnight@hotmail.com
ICQ: 81621370