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. Backup exec does not finish a backup job that ejects at the end unless the tape drive issues a notification to. How to bring an offline tape device back online in the. Hello i have the same problem with a hyperv 2012, and a server 2008 r2 with backup exec 2012. Solved backup exec marks an available drive as offline. I can then right click the tape drive and select online and it comes online but when i click inventory the drive goes offline again. Veritas backup exec is a data protection software product designed for customers who have mixed physical and virtual environments, and who are moving to public cloud services. Backup exec 20 agents and options articles and howtos. Do not install tape diagnostic tools when backup exec services are running. To eject media from a drive on the navigation bar, click devices expand the server icon, and then select the drive. Box 692000, mail stop 510101 houston, texas 772692000 or call 281 5143333 to identify this product, refer to the series number found on the product. It starts off around the 600mbmin mark, then plummets steadily and quickly in the first few minutes of the job until it bottoms out around 5mbmin. These requirements added a sensor to detect if the tape is still in the slot. They still use the same media set retention that backup exec has always used.
You can also perform a complete online restore of a windows computer if the computer was fully selected for a backup. Seen when trying to carry out a restore in bexec 2012, when you select the server you wish to restore, on the backup and restore tab, both the restore icon, and restore on the right click menu, are greyed out and cannot be selected. Hp lto ultrium3 showing offline in symantec backup exec it appears the tape drive needs to be replacement since the test failed. Acronis products cannot access tape drives if there is. What made matters even more strange was that they could actually perform regular backups. Bu exec is located on server1 and the tape drive is connected to server2. That happened to me because my tape drive went bad. Backup exec 2012 each configured unpluggable hard disk is tracked uniquely. This blog post provides advice and considerations that will help you create a robust tape archival infrastructure. Create the powershell script file with the following content on the machine that is connected to the exported tape. When the path to tape feature is enabled and configured, backup data can be moved directly from the dxi4700 system to a tape library. Lets you browse the backup sets from a single server, and then restore the data. Is there a way to completely remove a tape drive f. I boot up the server and the system sees the devices and backup exec sees the devices and the drive is online.
After cataloging a media, you can then, on the storage device view the tape drive, see the backup sets on that media. Stop and disable removal storage service rsm windows server. They would swap the drives out weekly, so each drive would be offline for as much as 3 weeks. No drivers need to be loaded, as the drivers are already on the diskbox and removing the old autoloader from backup exec will not cause the drivers to be removed. For ca mainframe or enterprise support, please call support for immediate assistance. Over the past couple of months our tape drives continuously set itself to offline either at the end of the cycle, just before, or sometimes at random. Seed offline backup with the azure importexport service. Tape media generally has a favorable unit cost and a long archival stability. It has now disappeared but still shows fine in device manager. D2d2t duplicate jobs which transfer data from disk to tape are insanely slow and nobody has yet solved this problem. They had performed all the usual steps, such as powercycling the library and then powercycling the server, but still no dice. Symantec backup exec 2012 restore option greyed out. How to troubleshoot issues with a robotic library autoloader.
Go through all of you can store a backup by turning on icloud backup or syncing your iphone with itunes. Im just starting off my experience with tape drives and one of our sites have been backing up to their tape drive with the drive mapped and shared as a normal windows drive. We ran into this as well, and bought some disk storage to backup to disk first then duplicate jobs to tape. Installed the tape backup from the old server which is seagatequantum dat drive connected to an adaptec aha2940 scsi controller. Moving from backup exec to veeam veeam community forums. Hp lto ultrium3 showing offline in symantec backup exec. Backup exec with 2 tape drives ars technica openforum. It seems that d2d2t feature in backup exec 11d is buggy. From my work with be 2012 so far, it appears the answer is.
Restore from backup ios 6 to ios 7 paragon backup recovery raid sizes backup4all manual exchange 2010 iphone backup mac 2012 telecharger driver backup gratuit backup exec 2012 remote agent for windows incremental backup for tape usually omitted. What i found, which appears to be new to backup exec 2012, is a setting that automatically switches any removable disk to readonly mode after a set number of days. To manually unlock or lock the door to the robotic library via the backup. Ejecting media from a disk cartridge or tape drive. For backup exec 2012 and later, click on the backup exec button, then on configuration and settings, then backup exec services. You can use this service to transfer initial backup data to azure by using disks. Backup exec keeps taking tape backup drive offline. Duplicate medium changers tape libraries andor tape drives are seen within backup exec etc.
How to reconfigure backup exec after an autoloader swap. The problem is that backup exec still tries to find two drives. For backup exec 2012 and above version right click on the robotic. Learn how to create a virtual tape library and use it with your existing backup software. How to manually lock or unlock a robotic library via the backup exec. I was using a mix off tape and disk and all were offline. Uninstalling backup exec options from the local backup exec server. Remove the tape diagnostic tools after the diagnostic tests are complete. The sas tape exported using tape redirector and configured with backup exec may go offline after some manipulations run the backup job, inventory the tape, etc. Adding or removing tape drives in a robotic library partition reassigning a slot base. Backup exec takes exclusive control over the tape drive.
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. The azure backup offlineseeding process is tightly integrated with the azure importexport service. Every so often the backup fails and the hp tape drive goes offline. Symantec backup exec wants exclusive lock on the tape drive. This utility is located on the veritas backup exec tm cdrom and is copied to the hard disk during installation of. Thanks, 0 jalapeno op donald symantec may 16, 20 at 2. We eventually gave up with backup exec, so while this was backup exec hell the daily torture of making backup exec 10d, 12d and 12. 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. After this, disable and remove all the tape drives from be devices tab and restart the services. Backup exec supports one of the most comprehensive lists of tape devices in the industry with support for almost all scsi, sas, and fibre attached tape devices from single drive libraries to large tape silos.
With veeam, it administrators can use flexible options to create copies of backups and store them on a different media, following the 321 rule for the backup and disaster recovery. Symantec backup exec about tape drives and robotic libraries. The latest lto standards added some additional requirements to the tape drive hardware. Hp ultrium 5 lto drives dropping offline using backup exec. Close the gui drive tuning backup exec 2010 fails when finding bad tape.
Does anyone know if its possible to configure a backup in backup exec 11d so that it will back up to an hp tape drive that is physically connected to another server. A storage device used in versions prior to backup exec 2012 that you could create to back up data to a folder on a hard. In the next tutorial youll learn how to set up a virtual tape drive for use in backing up file from an existing backup program like veeam, symantec backup exec, microsoft system center 2012 data protection manager, or other back up programs. About tape drives and robotic libraries symantec backup exec. If you have terabytes tbs of initial backup data that need to be transferred over a highlatency and lowbandwidth network, you can use the offlineseeding. Restoring filesfolders from tape backup techspot forums. A tape drive provides sequential access storage, unlike a hard disk drive, which provides direct access storage. To help you manage these backups, windows server essentials can help you manage the database of computer backups. Even so, errors do occur in the veritas product, and organizations need backup exec support.
Backup exec tape drives continuously go offline solutions. You can try to implement backup of raw backup to disk folder, but it is associated with number of difficulties when restoring. A tape drive is a data storage device that reads and writes data on a magnetic tape. How to troubleshoot issues with a robotic library autoloaderchanger andor tape drives.
In client computer backup settings and tools, on the computer backup tab, you can change the start and end times to meet your needs click apply, and then click ok change the computer backup retention policy. Uninstalling backup exec features from the local backup exec server getting started. If the backup exec server runs on windows server 2012 or later, the configure storage wizard option install tape device. If a configuration change is detected and backup exec cannot perform a full backup, then the job fails if this option is not selected.
But when the backup is setup to run in the evening on a schedule it does not run as the backup to disk folders goes offline and therefore has to be switched back on line. Tape library andor tape drive s may not function correctly within backup exec when the oem device drivers are installed. A standalone drive is a single, locally attached tape drive. Uninstalling backup exec veritas backup exec administrators guide. Hello all, i started a new job couple weeks ago, and one of my tasks is to free up space on the backup server.
Other issues may include tape drives or tape libraries that are offline, storage devices that are not found, recognized, or detected. If the device manager is showing only 4 drives, then confirm that all the drives are using symantec drivers. Backup exec will not perform an inventory job supertekboy. I have checked the cables and made sure that they are plugged in and the only way to fix the problem for a short while is to stop the backup exec. 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. The final step is to run the windows backup program and ensure that your tape drive is detected.
Author, teacher, and talk show host robert mcmillen shows you how to delete a storage device in backup exec 15. This should free the tape drive and let other software access it. Do this by going to the start menu accessories system tools backup if the backup or restore wizard appears, click on advanced mode as shown below. You can restore file system data, system state data, backup exec shadow copy components, utility partitions or uefi system partitions, and more. Disk cartridge devices are not managed by our data lifecyle manament dlm, this was by design in the be 2012 product. Once i disabled the tape drive and rebooted the server the hard disk storage was online and usable. This utility is located on the veritas backup exec tm cd rom and is copied to the hard disk during installation of. Microsoft data protection heaven and backup exec hell. Tape library andor tape drive s showing offline within backup exec. Redirector software and tape drives offline in backup exec. How to install and uninstall tape device drivers using tapeinst.
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. Ive ran some further testing i can run as many drive inventories immediately after one another as i like without failure. When i bring a drive online via the all storage gui, it falls back offline in a few minutes. For the most part a disk cartridge in be 2012 is handled like tape. Email address optional your tape tool see tec640561 in the other useful articles sectionbelow.
I have tried to set the missing drive as offline and disabled, but it still seems to complain about the drive being offline. 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. How to delete a storage device in backup exec 15 youtube. I have not had time to take the tape drive and test it to verify it is bad, so this could just be a symantic bug. Removable disks in backup exec 20122014 go into readonly.
If i run a cleaning job to clean the tape just in case that was the issue it goes offline while trying to clean. 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. I recently found that my script that pushes jobs to bu with. Bringing an offline device back online does not guarantee that backup exec will be able to properly communicate with the device if there is an issue with the hardware. Daily backups of all your computers accumulate on your server over time. These drives were all in one drive pool in backup exec. Solved backup exec how to restore from offline media. Stopdisable all symantec services check tape drivelibrary drivers in device manager and be sure this are not symantec drivers but from hp or windows. It is suggested to rerun the lto drive assessment test with hplabelled tape to confirm the failure. Adding or removing tape drives in a robotic library partition. For a list of supported tape libraries and tape drives, see multiprotocol configurations only ost direct path to. How to copy data directly from a virtual tape library to a physical tape device. How to script the backup of files to amazon s3 aws.
Disk to disk to tape backup in backup exec niktipss blog. Andy i dont think its solely a new tape thing, try running a second backup job using the same tape without ejecting after the initial run the drive will go probably go offline. Backup exec 2012 removing tape drives that will not delete. Magnetic tape data storage is typically used for offline, archival data storage.
Other issues may include tape drives or tape libraries that are offline, storage. Exec interface can cause the device to go offline in backup exec. How to manually lock or unlock a robotic library via the backup exec tm user interface. Backup exec 12 problem on windows 2008 with the old valueloader on the same server, we were seeing data transfer rates over 500mbmin but with the new superloader 3, were getting only 5mbmin. Good day, we have an hp msl 2048 robotic library with backup exec since 2004 and have never had any problems, until recently. Yes, we have two separate tape jobs one backup to tape another is file to tape. Active directory is a network structure that stores domain and network information about all computers and devices as well as user and device software settings. Manage client computer backup in windows server essentials. So, i ran into this issue today where a customer running backup exec 12.
As a workaround a set the tape drive 5 minutes before the backup to offline and back online with a skript. The new autoloader and drive should be detected automatically and be displayed on the devices tab of backup exec as sony3 and sony4, or perhaps tandberg1 and tandberg2. The backup exec library expansion option provides the ability to use additional tape drives within a multidrive tape library. The view on the devices tab displays how devices are organized logically into device pools. Just some sysadmins view of the world of backups for smallmedium businesses using backup exec and microsoft data protection manager. The device can be brought back online by right clicking on the tape drive and selecting online as shown figure 2. Uninstalling backup exec features from the local backup exec server.
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