Tape drive selection?

[JerryBarrett]

Hi Guys

I have Win2K3 SBS and in the server is a SONY AIT IDE tape drive it works a treat when I use Windows Backup and manually select the correct tape device - but;

The SBS backup software uses a AIT1 defintion not the AIT def which is the correct one.

When the backup runs it fails becuase theres no tape to mount.

How do I get rid of the AIT1 device definition please?

Regards
Jerry Barrett

 

[JerryBarrett]

Hi Guys

This that difficult or so simple - I'm stupid for asking it?

Cheers
Jerry

 

[captaincrunch00]

I dont know the SBS backup software... Does it have a name, or is it called "Microsoft Backup" or something like that?

Try adding a new device, or changing the driver somewhere in the SBS software, it's got to be in there somewhere. Change the driver to the AIT definition that works.

 

[blakey2]

Ok,

I don't know, but would speculate for windows to see the device, it must think it is installed.

I'd have a look in 'Device Manager' -->Control Panel-->System-->Hardware Profiles.

You should see it in either 'Tape Drives' or 'SCSI/RAID' controllers.

Check to see if:

a) It exists
b) whether there are multiple instances of the driver/device which may be leading the backup software to believe it has two different tape devices.


Failing that, I *believe* SBS Backup is simply NT backup.
If you can manually select the correct device/driver using NTBackup (Windows Backup) then why not use the NTBackup wizard to schedule all of your jobs?

Cheers.