Hello,

I'm new to Backup Exec 10 and have a bunch of older tapes I want to
reuse. When I put the tape in the drive it dosn't come up under any of
the media or devices. How do set up an old tape to use as a new tape?
Also is there away to check the tape for errors and how many hours are
on the tape?


-Thanks, Rick

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Maybe they are retired. Try get in tapes, and find it in there.

On Dec 7, 2:30 pm, "ttric...@yahoo.com" <ttric...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm new to Backup Exec 10 and have a bunch of older tapes I want to
> reuse. When I put the tape in the drive it dosn't come up under any of
> the media or devices. How do set up an old tape to use as a new tape?
> Also is there away to check the tape for errors and how many hours are
> on the tape?
>
> -Thanks, Rick

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Did you run an inventory on the drive?  Do that and it should show the
tape in the drive and the label it has.  Then run a quick erase, or
even re-label it.  That may move it to scratch media.
What kind of tapes are they?  Depending on the type, old tapes may not
be very reliable.  Of course that depends on how much use they saw
before they were pulled from service.

Drew

pa.rpereira@gmail.com wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
> Maybe they are retired. Try get in tapes, and find it in there.
>
> On Dec 7, 2:30 pm, "ttric...@yahoo.com" <ttric...@yahoo.com> wrote: 

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