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March 2, 2005 at 03:37 PM
mthao

Backup Tape Question

by mthao . Updated 21 years, 4 months ago

I am currently using a Dell PowerVault 110T with a DLT IV data cartridge 40-80GB tape using Veritas Backup Exec 8.6 on a Windows NT server. My question is:

When I run backups, it does about 64GB, then starts asking for a second tape. Once I insert a second tape, it will continue until finished. The finished number of bytes backed up is 69GB. Because the tape can hold ~80GB compressed, why should I need to put in a second tape if it is only using 69GB? Overwrite is on and append is not selected.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

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