| Hywel Mallett 2007-05-16, 7:15 pm |
| <mai1_host@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I am running Backup-exec for windows server 2003 10d on SBS 2003.
>
> I remotely administer this server and can only go in one a month to
> change the tapes.
>
> I need to setup the job or media set to not eject the tape
> automatically when it fills up.
>
> Here is what I need exactly
>
> Weekly backup:
>
> Backup server 1 without overwriting server 2's backup data
>
> Backup server 2 without overwriting server 1's backup data
>
> What I need is for the backup jobs to overwrite themselves only, on
> the same tape.
>
> if I try to append with overwrite the tape ejects when the tape fills
> up leaving me without backups until such time as I can Physically get
> to the tape drive to reinsert the tape.
>
This can't be done with Backup Exec with only one tape and one tape drive.
You could get a second tape drive, and use one drive for each server backup,
but I can't think of any other easy way round this.
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