How do you troubleshoot issues with a robotic library autoloader changer and or tape drive s?
If you are troubleshooting a Robotic Library device
- Ensure that Microsoft default drivers are installed for a medium changer (Robotic Library devices only)
- Enable robotic library support (Robotic Library devices only.
- Verify that the SCSI changer service is running.
How do I add tape drive to Veritas Backup Exec?
Solution
- Click on the Devices tab.
- Right-click the tape drive that is displayed under either Stand-alone Drives or Robotic Libraries.
- Select Properties.
- Click on the Configuration tab (Figure 1)
How do I clean my tape drive Veritas Backup Exec?
To clean a stand-alone tape drives, you just put in the cleaning tape and it will automatically eject after the drive is cleaned. For a library, you need to put a cleaning tape into a slot and designated the slot as a cleaning slot in BE. After that, you right-click on the library and select clean.
How do I eject tape from Symantec Backup Exec?
On the navigation bar, click Devices. Expand the server icon, and then select the drive. Under Media Tasks in the task pane, select Eject media.
How do I add a robotic library to Backup Exec?
Under Robotic Library Tasks in the task pane, select Configure partitions. Select the robotic library slots to include in each partition by clicking the slot on which each new partition should begin. Click OK after configuring the partitions. Click Yes to accept the partitions.
What is a cleaning tape?
Cleaning consists of mounting a cleaning tape, which the drive winds over the heads and thereby the tape’s surface binds and removes the debris off the heads. A cleaning tape can be used only for a certain number of cleaning cycles that is declared on its cover, before it looses its capacity to clean.
How do you use the cleaning tape in Veeam?
To instruct Veeam Backup & Replication to automatically clean the drives:
- Open the Tape Infrastructure view.
- Expand the Libraries node and select the needed library. Click Properties on the ribbon.
- In the Properties window, select the Perform drive cleaning automatically option.
What is robotic library Backup Exec?
When you install Backup Exec, all stand-alone tape drives and robotic libraries that are connected to the media server are automatically recognized. Robotic libraries include virtual tape libraries and simulated tape libraries. A stand-alone drive is a single, locally attached tape drive.
How do you use cleaning tape?
Follow the steps below:
- Insert an Ultrium universal cleaning cartridge into the drive. The tape drive automatically loads the cartridge and cleans the heads.
- At the end of the cleaning cycle, the drive ejects the cartridge. The cleaning cycle can take up to 5 minutes.
- Remove the cleaning cartridge from the drive.
How do I enable tape drive in Veeam?
1- Login Veeam Backup and configuration console, click on the tape infrastructure and click on ADD TAPE SERVER option. 3- Add Tape Server, review the Network traffic rules and click on next button. 4- Review the Tape Server setting and click on apply Button.
What do cleaning tapes do?
How do I find my tape library in Windows?
Verify Your Setup
- Go into Control Panel > System.
- Click the Device Manager button on the Hardware tab, as shown.
- Expand the Tape drives tree to show your tape drive.
- Right click on the tape drive and select Properties. You will see a window that should state that your tape drive is working properly.
What is tape cleaning?
How does tape head work?
Tape Head Action Tape heads are made from rings of ferromagnetic material with a gap where the tape contacts it so the magnetic field can fringe out to magnetize the emulsion on the tape. A coil of wire around the ring carries the current to produce a magnetic field proportional to the signal to be recorded.