Re: ntbackup and free media pool

I have enabled hardware compression which gives me 40GB and we dont have that
much data so i don't think it's cause we are filling up the tape.

"Jerold Schulman" wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 23:59:15 -0700, "Belinda" <Belinda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >We have ntbackup running off a scheduled task so that is runs a backup
> >overnight without intervention by a user. It was working fine for a few weeks
> >and not half way through the backup we are receiving a message from the
> >Messenger Service which says:
> >
> >Add "4mm DDS" media to the Free Media Pool or to media pool "\Backup\4mm DDS"
> >
> >I have tried to use the Removable Storage MMC to use the Prepare function on
> >each tape but it says the Resources is already in use and won't allow me to
> >perform the function. I tried unallocating the tape first but it also didn't
> >work.
> >
> >Does anyone know how i fix this problem?
> >
>
>
> You may have filed up the tape and it wants another prepared media.
> See tip 7925 » How can I prepare for a scheduled backup to a stand-alone tape device that will require a 2nd tape?
> and links in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsifaq.com
>
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