Adding media to media set?
William R. Walsh
assistance. (I'm not optimistic, though, considering the dates on some
of the last on-topic postings made here.)
What I have is a Dell PowerEdge server, running Windows NT Server 4.0
(SP6a) and Veritas Backup Exec version 8.6. This server is going to be
retired and its data moved to another system. I have arranged for that
to take place.
I want to back everything up from this server to a new and unused data
tape. I have no reason to believe the tape drive does not work. But I
can't get Backup Exec to actually run a backup--every time I've tried,
it simply fails instantly, leaving a failure entry in the activity
log. Backup Exec says it needs a media set created in order to do
anything.
I have created a media set--now I just need to add some media to that
media set! That should be simple enough, right?
This has me stopped. I've played with the program for about 45 minutes
now, looked through the (massive!) manual, looked for promising help
topics in the online help system and I have found nothing. I simply
don't know how to add a tape to the media set and get this one last
backup to run.
Can anyone tell me what I'm missing here?
William
William R. Walsh
nice feature--it actually Just Worked when I set it up to make the
backup.
Maybe I was being stupid, but after reading the (massive!) book that
came with Backup Exec 8, I don't think so. Nothing in there just said
"here's how you make a media set and set up the media to go with it".
After reading through the book a few times, I was not making any
headway in terms of gaining an understanding. So I finally said
"forget it" and used NTBackup.
Backup software has no excuse for being anything less than 100%
intuitive and easy to get working. Otherwise, backups just don't get
done. It's my sincere hope that the folks at Symantec/Veritas have
realized this for newer versions of the software.
William