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Hi team:

I have a question about the backup to tape:

I have a job that backs up vm to tape which works, however when the tape is full, it asks for a new one to continue and continues without problems. The issue happens when doing a restore since it asks for 2 tapes and my unit has 1 tape. If I have only one drive, how can I make the job detect that the tape is almost full and request a new one?

 

Regards,

The restore job should tell you what tape it needs first and then prompt you to insert the second tape when it needs it.  I am pretty sure that is how it has been done when I have done a restore from tape that spans multiple tapes.

The restore job should tell you what tape it needs first and then prompt you to insert the second tape when it needs it.  I am pretty sure that is how it has been done when I have done a restore from tape that spans multiple tapes.

Yep, that is right. It should prompt for the next Tape needed to perform the restore. 

I did a test using the restore content option from the Library; However, the wizard tells me that I must add all the tapes that I use for said procedure.

I did a test using the restore content option from the Library; However, the wizard tells me that I must add all the tapes that I use for said procedure.

Yes, but you will insert whichever one it requires first then the next and so on.  If you have a one tape unit you cannot put all tapes in.  That would only work if you had a library for the tape unit.

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