Backup not overwriting media
- From: "Steve" <Steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 06:50:01 -0700
I have a Seagate 20000A tape backup unit using Certance Travan20 tapes. I
use the backup utility provided with Windows 2000 Professional to make "Copy"
backups. The backups are scheduled to run nightly at 11pm EST and the option
is set to overwrite media.
However, now I get a message from the backup program to install new media
because the current media in the tape drive is full. It appears that
although I have checked the option to overwrite, it appears the newer backups
have apppended to the existing media on the tape & now I have run out of
space on the tapes.
I manually "Deallocate" and "Prepare" the media as stated in Windows 2000
instructions when using the backup program. Certance website (through
Quantum) says to erase the tape through the backup program; however, this is
not an option through Microsoft Windows Backup Version 5.0.
Any ideas/solutions to the problem?
Thanks
.
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