try the following: - Select 'Tools\Options\Catalog' and uncheck the option "Use storage media-based catalogs".
Stop Backup Exec services (starting with Notification Server service). - Rename "\Program Files\VERITAS\Backup Exec\NT\Catalogs" directory to "Catalogs.old". - Create a new "\Program Files\VERITAS\Backup Exec\NT\Catalogs" directory. - Start Backup Exec services (starting with Agent Browser service). - Run Backup Exec. - Then Run inventory job -And then Run catalog job On 20 March 2011 23:27, Gary Whitten <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, if you already tried this but didn’t see it mentioned. Did you try > to inventory the tape first before cataloging it? > > > > I found this article: > http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH26992 > > > > *From:* Jay Dale [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Sunday, March 20, 2011 8:11 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Invalid Physical Volume Library Media Identifier > > > > Sorry I didn’t get back sooner. No, that did not help – Inventory of the > drive shows as successful (even though the light on the drive doesn’t even > blink) but in the details it says Bad Media, and a Catalog job shows the > same error. > > > > *Jay Dale** > * Senior Systems Administrator > > c:*832.373.7883* > > > > *From:* Daniel Rodriguez [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Saturday, March 19, 2011 6:19 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Invalid Physical Volume Library Media Identifier > > > > Try this, > > Remove all drivers. > > Make sure that BE is not running. No background drivers or tasks. > > Unplug the unit from the computer. > > Restart the server. > > Plug the unit back in to the server. Don't run any Wizard that wants to > load drivers. Just Cancel that. > > Run BE. > > See if BE "see's" the Quantum Tape Drive. If it does, attempt to catalog a > tape. > > If BE doesn't "see" the tape drive, load the driver from Symantec. If it > "see's" the Quantum Tape Drive, attempt to catalog a tape. > > If it can catalog a tape, then it should be good to go to read the tapes > that you have backed up on. Then you should be good to go to restore, or > whatever you need to do, to the server. > > Let me know. I'm at home and am on my computer for the next four hours. > > On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Jay Dale <[email protected]> wrote: > > I did find drivers from Symantec for that unit and applied them. The > driver for the tape drive now say they're Symantec drivers, but still get > the same error > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 19, 2011, at 4:54 PM, "Daniel Rodriguez" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Whose drivers are you using for the Tape Backup? If you are using Quantum, > then go to the Symantec site and get their driver for the Quantum unit. > > Had this issue some years ago. I had updated the driver set from Compaq and > got the same error. When I called in support they said to load their driver > for that unit. > > Try that. > > On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Jay Dale <[email protected]> wrote: > > We have a client that originally had their server set up by a very > inexperienced person (basically they're real cheap) and after months of > convincing we planned on wiping and reloading it. > > > > We did an entire Full Backup of the server using Symantec Backup Exec 10d > 10.1, verified it, then wiped and reloaded the server with Windows Server > 2003 R2 with SP2. We reloaded Symantec BE, same version, but now it won't > recognize the tapes. When we try to catalog the tape it fails with the > "Invalid Physical Volume Library Media Identifier" message. > > > > The tape drive is a Quantum DLT-V4 with Symantec drivers installed. It was > backing up just fine before the reload to these tapes. The drive is a SATA > drive in a Dell PE 2900. > > > > It's also giving error messages in the Application Log that says the > following: > > > > Adamm Mover Error: Read Failure! > > Error = ERROR_INVALID_FUNCTION > > Drive = "QUANTUM 1" > > {EE32BEEC-DAE3-4560-BD79-706689D065A3} > > Media = "" > > {00000006-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} > > Read Mode: SingleBlock(0), ScsiPass(0) > > Write Mode: SingleBlock(1), ScsiPass(1) > > > > Can someone help with this? 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