Configuring and Using Backup Devices
Busy Drive Handling
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Busy Drive Handling
Data Protector expects drives to be empty, i.e., there should not be a
medium in the drive unless a restore or backup is currently active.
Several factors can cause a medium to still be in a drive, for instance, if
the medium was used with a different application and not removed, or if
the system writing the data to the tape (Media Agent) failed during the
backup. The next backup using this drive has to deal with this situation.
Data Protector can respond automatically in several ways. The response
is configurable via the library option Busy Drive Handling.
The following options are available:
Abort The backup will be aborted (default).
Eject Data Protector will eject the medium from the drive
and put it in any empty slot.
Eject to mail slot Data Protector will eject the medium from the drive
and put it in the library mailslot (CAP).
If the backup continues automatically, select Eject. Because the tape is
moved to an unknown slot, the library should be scanned before the next
backup.
