Re: NTBackup - Changes for Server 2003

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/UP merely prevents NTBackup from exiting straight away. To use tape
spanning, there must be media in the free pool. Blank tapes must be prepared
by moving them to the free pool.


"Keith" <laurin1@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1136845462.491129.305070@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Didn't work. Asked for Free Media to be added to the pool. I placed a
> blank tape in the drive. It stated that the medium was full and then
> exited. :( This sucks. I don't have the budget for any of the major
> backup solutions and I spent 20+ hours writing an AutoIt script that
> manipulates ntbackup.exe very well. At least it did before MS made
> these changes.
>


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