ntbackup hangs on second tape!

[age]

Hi, I am running a scheduled ntbackup job on a win2k server (Dell Poweredge 2600 and DLT1 drive) using the following scripts:

first this runs to refresh the RSM database to stop ntbackup saying there is no available media:

@ECHO OFF
RSM REFRESH /LF"Benchmark DLTtape(tm) DLT1/VS80 Drive"
RSM INVENTORY /LF"Benchmark DLTtape(tm) DLT1/VS80 Drive" /A"DEFAULT"

then this runs to start the backup job:

NTBACKUP.EXE BACKUP "@C:\Backup\Daily Backup.bks" /j "Full Backup" /v:no /hcn /m normal /l:s /r:no /rs:no /p "DLT" /um

The backup runs over onto a second tape. So, in the morning we have the message on screen saying 'waiting for media'. New media is inserted into the drive, and nothing happens. The message remains there. In fact, ntbackup appears to have hung, although according to task manager it is still running.

Is the script wrong?

Thanks for any help!


Adrian.

 

[karlisi]

Perhaps this:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q239892

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NOTE: The /um switch will only work on the initial tape request. The /um switch was not intended to be used when spanning tapes since this requires human intervention. Ntbackup does not overwrite any tape other than the original (first) tape of a backup set; any additional tapes must be manually prepared using RSM before ntbackup will use it to complete the scheduled backup.
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Karlis
ECDL; MCP