Thursday, June 07, 2007
How to add/Prepare the tape for backup in veritas backup exec11d
In backup exec 11d.
1) Inventory: Go to Devices in backup exec, right click the tape device which you are using on the left hand side and Click Inventory.
2) Labelling: By right clicking the tape device which you are using on the left hand side, click Label Media.
3) Add the tape to Media set: After doing the inventory you can see the tape in the devices on the right hand side. Right click it and click associate to media set and select which ever is your media set and click ok. To verify go to media in backup exec and it should be there in respective daily or weekly backup set in which you have added it in step3.
4) Test Run: Go to Job Monitor in backup exec and right click the job name which is created over there and click Test Run.
After this the tape is ready for backup.
1) Inventory: Go to Devices in backup exec, right click the tape device which you are using on the left hand side and Click Inventory.
2) Labelling: By right clicking the tape device which you are using on the left hand side, click Label Media.
3) Add the tape to Media set: After doing the inventory you can see the tape in the devices on the right hand side. Right click it and click associate to media set and select which ever is your media set and click ok. To verify go to media in backup exec and it should be there in respective daily or weekly backup set in which you have added it in step3.
4) Test Run: Go to Job Monitor in backup exec and right click the job name which is created over there and click Test Run.
After this the tape is ready for backup.
