On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 01:56:50AM +0000, Bob Crandell wrote: > I was one of those people that worked on that backup. It took a couple of trips to > figure out how TapeWare worked. I'm pretty sure I could get the timed backup to > work in 1 or 2 more trips out there. > > The problem is TapeWare expects a specific tape on a specific day of the rotation. > If you get the wrong tape, the backup fails and you won't get a backup until the > error prompt is dealt with and the correct tape is inserted. Wrong tape? Too bad.
Yeah, I've seen this before. It's why I replaced ArcServe with BackupExec on my Netware boxen. So, why don't they replace this with some good backup software? Considering the function of the software, I think I'd get something that did the job, rather than stick with the stuff that shipped with the drive. Personally, I've quit doing those types of automated rotation schemes. Setting up backup jobs manually *always* works, and as far as I'm concerned, making sure I've got working backup is the single most important function of my job. Cheers, Dennis
