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it backed up some data and then looked for tuesday sequence 2??

unable to find this media or a blank media (media=tuesday, seq=2)

The job will automatically ask for a sequence # 2 tape when the sequence # 1 tape is full. Since last week only one tape was used it makes sense that the job would want a blank tape.

You might want to check to see if the job is set to Append or Overwrite.

thanks.

the option that I have selected is overwite same media name, or blank media first, then any media

from reading the admin guide this should work no matter what? dont understandy why it looked for seq 2 - I reformatted the media so it would work last night

full backups are set to run mon - fri and the mode is set to overwrite.

If GFS is used then it will use its own rules and not those under media options.

Do a Quick Erase on the tape rather than Format.

Hi,

The backups have been running fine since thanks for all your help. Strange thing happened on wednesday night though. the backup job failed as it was looking for

1. FRIDAY [S/N:1800004,SEQ:1] ARMSTRONG2. FRIDAY [S/N:1800006,SEQ:1] ARMSTRONG3. FRIDAY [S/N:1800007,SEQ:1] ARMSTRONG4. FRIDAY [S/N:1800008,SEQ:1] ARMSTRONG5. <BLANK>

it was also looking for this media for thu's job so I did a quick erase on the tape to make sure it would backup. any idea why its been looking for Fridays tape for both those days?

thanks

In the future please open a new thread.

It is just listing the tapes in the scratch set, if they have been removed from the library then add more tapes to the group and media pool scratch set.

OK sorry will do.

I dont understand. Why would it not look for the wed tape? Is it because its full? how do I add more tapes to the group and the media pool scratch set?

it is just looking for whatever is in the scratch set.
groups as in device groups where are setup as a range of slots.
right click on the media pool and select the option to add media.
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