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Is it necessary to do an inventory first...

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dohc97

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Feb 24, 2004
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and then an erase before running the backup job. I am running 9.1 on a Win 2000 server.
 
Only if BackupExec is unaware of the media. If it is a new media, or was from a different backup system... then yes. If you have previously used this same tape in your current backup system, BackupExec will recognize the GUID and know what type of tape and if it has any overwrite protection.
 
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