What made matters even more strange was that they could actually perform regular backups. To eject media from a drive on the navigation bar, click devices expand the server icon, and then select the drive. Restoring filesfolders from tape backup techspot forums. Backup exec for windows servers fails to detect the tape drive. When you eject a tape it is marked as offline and media location will be blank if you look in the media tab of backup exec. After a quick check with hp tape tools, confirming that everything hardwarewise was good, we quickly set our sights back on the software side. Under device pool tasks in the task pane, select add device select the appropriate options, and then click ok. We currently use windows remote agent for two of our servers, the closest match i can find in 12. These requirements added a sensor to detect if the tape is still in the slot. The view by media tab displays nodes that represent the media that contain backup sets. Backup exec will not perform an inventory job supertekboy. Specifying read and write operations on types of media.
We have a backup unit with 2 drives and runs lto3s. The job will be submitted as a run now job, unless you submitted the job on hold. After running a b2d i have a duplicate b2t set to run. Backup exec takes exclusive control over the tape drive. I tried to run the backup manually to test, but i get the error.
Click label media under media tasks with your drive. A tape is a linear device which is essentially always read from the start. To manually unlock or lock the door to the robotic library via the backup exec user interface, rightclick on the first entry that shows under robotic libraries on the devices tab, and select either unlock or lock figure 1. I recently readded the drive to veritas as i received a ready. I have tried to set the missing drive as offline and disabled, but it still seems to complain about the drive being offline. Open device manager and check that the new tape device is recognised and does not have a yellow exclamation mark. Disk to disk to tape backup in backup exec niktipss blog. Takes a bit of getting used to, but makes a lot more sense in the long run. Configuration about server roles see the chapter symantec backup exec central admin server option in the symantec backup exec administrator s guide for details. Backup on tape drives streamers, tape libraries and. A standalone drive is a single, locally attached tape drive. This issue occurs because the option append to media, terminate job if no appendable media is available was specified in the backup job properties, and the backup was terminated as no appendable media in the targeted media set was available for use.
A tape drive is no use without backup software, so it would be pointless to assign it a drive letter. Other issues may include tape drives or tape libraries that are offline. Managed backup exec server see the topic pushinstalling a managed backup exec server from the central administration server in the symantec backup exec administrator s guide for details. All device firmare is updated to the latest version. If a backup set spans multiple pieces of media, the node for that backup set displays the media labels for all of those pieces of media. Jul 10, 2012 backup exec 2010 had an addon option called desktop laptop option hence forth called dlo. We have 2 x hp lto ultirum 5 drives attached to a dl385p g8 server via 2 separate h222 sas cards.
After cataloging a media, you can then, on the storage device view the tape drive, see the backup sets on that media. Go to tools configure device configure tape device install the tape drivers and follow the steps accordingly. Solution make sure that the device is first compatible with your version of backup exec by checking it against the correct hardware compatibility list hcl. Backup exec please insert overwritable media into the. However a new tape is inserted, never seen before by backup exec, so after an inventory job it defaults to the backup exec and windows nt media set. Under media tasks in the task pane, select eject media to specify a job name or a job priority, in the properties pane, under settings, click general see general options for utility jobs if you want a person or group to be notified when the job completes, on the. Set the backup method to copy the files, so it does not reset the archive bit used in any incremental scheme. If you want to use the description field of a tape in backup exec to identify the backup media set. With that installed for 2010, you cannot upgrade to 2012 unless you remove it. Dell powervault dual rackable tape drives model travan 100t tr5 backup software dell backup software for rd symantec backup exec 11d symantec backup exec 10d symantec backup exec 10. Dell powervault rd compatibility matrix pdf download. Is there a way to completely remove a tape drive f. And if i set up a scheduled inventory scan if this will be possible of course before the next backup job starts, it will also terminates cause v7 says the tape is manually removed, as i already noticed today after inventoring the new tapes. If the tape drive is installed in an autoloader or library, this means powercycling the autoloader or library.
Some drives do not support a softwaredriven media eject. This was not a problem on previous media dat72, and ltolto 3 drives. This will force the application to mount the new media and read its label. Remove the firewire cable or scsi cable and scsi terminator. Otherwise, power down the library and remove the tape drive, and look for identifying labels on the tape drive itself. Oct, 2015 hello kevin sampson, so what happened is that backup exec had put a software lock on the pv124t so that it is the only one that can use it. It would be nice to verify by inspection of the hardware i. You must retrieve it from that location to complete the recovery process. They had performed all the usual steps, such as powercycling the library and then powercycling the server, but still no dice. Because theres no media recognized, i cant erase the tape as the option is grayed.
The problem is that backup exec still tries to find two drives. If the media is a tape, the tape is rewound and you may be instructed to manually remove it. Backup exec will then use the next available tape to make its full backup. Is there a way to completely remove the drive from backup exec storage so that it shows my robotic library with only one available drive. It is certainly a big change from previous versions, but a worthwhile one once you get used to it. This should free the tape drive and let other software access it. Tape backup drive i am adding a second tape backup drive to my windows 2003 server. Veeam now displays the button for tape backups, but the media is not recognized. How do i reset cleaning tape counter on tl4000 web interface. Fujitsu storage eternus lt260 tape library users guide server. Unless the tape device or the removablemedia device is recognized by rsm in windows, backup exec cannot detect and use the device. My file server backup starts on drive 1, my utility backup. About tape drives and robotic libraries symantec backup exec. Adding devices to a device pool symantec backup exec.
I have a new set of 10 tapes but am not sure how to create them as a media set not understanding what scratch media is about for example and totally confused over append periods. Backup exec 2012 sp3 is installed and was running fine, howev. Install the ost plugin on the backup exec media server. Moving from a job centric view to a server centric one is a bit like moving from imperial to metric. Selecting the tape device and formatting the drive after running the fbs server console, go to the replication tape devices tab. How to manually lock or unlock a robotic library via the. There is also an option to download a free fullyfunctional 60day trial with no obligation to purchase. How to prepare tapes for backup exec in tape library. As a second step you need to instruct backup exec to transfer backed up files to tape, upon disk to disk job completion. Each node displays the media label for the media on which the backup set is contained. The backup exec team is working to deliver an update to both backup exec 2010 r3 as well as backup exec 2012 to provide as much support as possible for those platforms.
When you write to a tape you write a stream of data and when you stop writing the tape hardware automatically writes an end of data mark eod. Thank whatever god you believe in that backup tapes are on their fucking way out. Unless you manually move the tape to another vault in, it will remain offline until the tape is either moved to a vault or put back in the drive and inventoried. Everything work fine but i find that the tape that i have used before with be are not usable by veeam. How to perform a manual disaster recovery in backup exec. Sbe however, use the serial number of the drive, to keep track of the drives. I have rotated several tapes through it and they all show as no media. Once we start by pressing backup exec as we see above we will see the following where symantec is verifying the install files nice to see actually. Before you install the tape device driver, ensure that the following tasks are completed. Then go to device manager and check properties of the tape drive, there should show symantec corporation in the drivers details. To add a device to a device pool on the navigation bar, click devices select the device pool. Then you create backup jobs as usual by configuring selection list and policy using backup to disk folder as target device. So, i ran into this issue today where a customer running backup exec 12. Alternatively, even simpler, next time a full backup runs, take that tape offsite.
There shouldnt be any tape drives and media changers in device manager at this time. Explore five common veritas backup exec error codes, which range from services not starting to backup storage readwrite errors, and their resolutions. No idle devices are available job status in backup exec is not a problem because there are other jobs already using the devices that job is assigned to. D2d2t duplicate jobs which transfer data from disk to tape are insanely slow and nobody has yet solved this problem. I have two lto3 drives and one media set that is used for full backups on the weekends.
We arent able to provide an exact date and symantec policy guides us to be conservative in our estimates due to the potential for revenue recognition impacts. If a removal storage service error appears, ignore it. About tape drives and robotic libraries when you install backup exec, all standalone tape drives and robotic libraries that are connected to. Hp ultrium 5 lto drives dropping offline using backup exec 2012 sp3 regarding the most recent posting, i havent looked at this in a couple of years but the last time i did we spent a lot of time and were unable to find any reliable way of using tape drives with vmware. In short, to duplicate between media servers you have to move the media from one media server to the other, then duplicate it. How to troubleshoot issues with a robotic library autoloader. In backup exec, rightclick the tape drive and uncheck enable. Select the old autoloader, rightclick and choose delete the name should be in red letters as backup exec knows it is no longer present. For backup exec 15 and later, you must have the database encryption key that was used to encrypt the backup exec database.
Make a copy of the job that ruins to your regular tape, using the same selection list. Download the latest device driver pack for your version of backup exec from the symantec site. Ensure the new autoloader is connected and switched on restart the diskbox. This manual describes settings for the lt260, the operating system, and the backup.
Please remove the media from the drive odd apparently since lto4, the drive has a sensor to check whether there is a tape in the slot or not. Overwritable media includes scratch, blank, and recyclable media. So it becomes an infinite loop as i cant format the tape because backup exec doesnt detect any media in the drive and the option to erase is unavailable. Were having a bit of a bad time with backup exec trying to get our tape schedule in order. You can usually clear a vss writer error by rebooting the machine. Server is running windows 2008 r2 and the latest proliant service pack from sep 20. Use eject media to eject the media currently in the standalone drive. The simplest way to create the backuptodisktotape model is to first enable a synthetic backup. Backup exec 2012 changed to unknown media changer as suggested by symantec rebooted library online tape drive online and listed as active web gui from hp autoloader states ready and no tapes in drive tried to erase a tape nothing tried to initialize. For anyone like me still stuck with backup exec, be2014 is.
Backup exec has been a pain in the fucking ass for years and years and years. Now in symantec backup exec it is showing that there is no idle devices ready and my backup is no longer funtioning. Please note that depending on the current media overwrite protection setting, imported and allocated media may be overwritable as well. When i have 2 tape drives sitting there empty and doing nothing, i get a. The host bus adapter hba and its device driver were installed automatically. The backup job currently has destination device and media device all drives. Now backup exec is still showing this drive as having a tape in it and will not backup to it. To eliminate the possibility of a faulty driveremovable media, attempt to connect another tape device removable media to the scsi controller and verify if rsm and backup exec are able to detect the other device. Select the name of the media server with a leftclick.
Last weekend a tape got stuck in one of the drives and i was able to physically take the tape out of the drive, without too much of an issue. After i powered down my scsi tape drive dell powervault 124t autoloader it no longer shows up in backup exec in the device pool. That no longer exists in 2012, cause it is its own product now. Hp ultrium 5 lto drives dropping offline using backup exec. Why isnt it possible to get the eject function working with standalone drives, like backup exec e.
Veritas dlo is not currently supported by the quantum dxi product line. Tape renewal from backup exec im trying to implement veeam 8 patch 3 as my primary backup solution for tape backup after using backup exec for years. The media in drive tape drive is written in an unrecognized format. Another reason for the issue can be that the device is not working properly. The following example shows the device files when a 2drive model lt260 is. Symantec backup exec server documentation for solarwinds. Before pressing restore, click on the server name the media set is associated with. At the console, i can not manually eject the io because it says it is locked by the host. Backup exec keeps taking tape backup drive offline. Moving from backup exec to veeam veeam community forums. You can try to implement backup of raw backup to disk folder, but it is associated with number of difficulties when restoring. Symantec backup exec 2012 problems the register forums. Backup exec has been around in one form or another since the early 1990s and has a reputation as one of the more reliable backup products on the market. It is the last fucking backup software i would ever recommend these days, and its still the fucking industry standard.
You should have exported the key to a secure location. Open the properties of the synthetic backup template in the synthetic backup policy and, in the device dropdown menu, select the tape device or autoloader to which you wish the synthetic backup to run. After working perfectly for many months, backup exec 2012 shows no media in the tape drive. If the backup exec server runs on windows server 2012 or later, the configure storage wizard option install tape device drivers is not available, and tapeinst. Arrived today the new drive is an 80160 dlt tape drive. However the usb drive goes offsite at night, so once backup exec detect the paths are invalid it marks the drives b2d folders as offline, and the duplicate jobs waits for the a device. Symantec backup exec wont append to media halfway through job. How to reconfigure backup exec after an autoloader swap. Choose to uninstall and remove all symantec devices and run it.
No media detected in the tape drive data recovery general. Open backup exec, go to options or something like that and uncheck it. I have restarted all the services for backup exec, restarted the server, removed and readded the scsi card device in device manager. It will then show the new tape in the media window to the right. Backup exec stop new tapes defaulting to windows nt. We have a dual drive scalar 24 and use backup exec 11d. After the correct installation of the drivers, the device manager will display a branch tape devices with the name of the installed tape drive or tape library. These fields can come in handy for example when you are trying to identify tape 1 as week 1 or as month january. Solved backup exec how to restore from offline media. You are referring to backup to tape job which could be either linked to backup to disk job or to the whole repository in both cases it would wait until new backups appear and then fire them to tape media.
Backup exec should take one of the overwritable tapes, allocate it to the new media set, write a new backup to it and mark it as nonoverwritable. Backup exec does not finish a backup job that ejects at the end unless the tape drive issues a notification to backup exec that the tape has been fully ejected. You might need to delete the drive, in sbe and rediscover it. Aug 19, 20 and if i set up a scheduled inventory scan if this will be possible of course before the next backup job starts, it will also terminates cause v7 says the tape is manually removed, as i already noticed today after inventoring the new tapes. Or you may be able to move the current hardware to another server to see if the same behavior is seen. This feature prevents users from opening the door on the library during backup operations or if they are not authorized to access the tape media. When you double click on the tape drive and goes to media properties, its written there is no media in the drive. It seems that d2d2t feature in backup exec 11d is buggy. How do i reset cleaning tape counter on tl4000 web interface i had the same issue with our tl2000, i had to unlock the cartridges from backup exec 2010 that i had the reserved spot for the cleaning tape in and manually remove do not export and import cleaning tapes and manually install the new tape. There is a tape in the tape drive, i have verified that the tape drive and tape are working using hp storageworks library and tape tools but veritas does not see the tape. Jun 25, 2011 when i ran the first backup job on the newly installed hp lto5 ultrium 3280 tape drive, it gave an interesting alert. Blank media and scratch media are not considered as appendable media. Configuring backup exec 2012 using usb hard drives as media. Microsoft system center 2012 data protection manager.
Symantec backup exec 3600 r2 getting started manual pdf download. Ensure that the symantec backup exec drivers are installed on the tape drive. In symantec installation directory look for file tapeinst. Acronis products cannot access tape drives if there is. I recently found that my script that pushes jobs to bu with. Although theres physically a tape in the drive, the tape isnt recognized by backup exec. For canceled dismount operations, you should manually remove the media from the drive and then. Backup exec will definitely backup remote serversworkstations to a media server that backup exec is installed on as long as the hardware and software is supported. When i have 2 tape drives sitting there empty and doing nothing, i get a little concerned, though. When i ran the first backup job on the newly installed hp lto5 ultrium 3280 tape drive, it gave an interesting alert. In the storage tab, its written no media in brackets besides tape drive. After this completes we see the start of the wizard. Unless the tape device or the removablemedia device is recognized by rsm in windows, backup exec. However, cleaning the tape drive rarely corrected the problem.
In backup exec v11d, when you try to export the the tape medias, it will take the tape media out of the slot and place them in the io station. Symantec backup exec backup fails with the error e0000f16. Backup exec running extremely slow to lto4 ultrium tape drive. So i configured the physical server as a tapeserver. A tandberg lto5 hh drive is connected to a small physical server 2008 r2. Yes, we have two separate tape jobs one backup to tape another is file to tape. You will notice once tape is rewritten or formatted the description is lost. Mar 28, 2019 backup exec has been around in one form or another since the early 1990s and has a reputation as one of the more reliable backup products on the market. How to recreate tape library in symantec backup exec. As someone who upgraded from backup exec 2010 to backup exec 2012 the very next day that it came out not my decision btw, ill definitely be waiting until sp1 to even try this. That being said, i dont know of any way to have backupexec automatically delete the b2d files.
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