Retiring damaged tape media
You can retire damaged tape media so that Backup Exec does not use it for backup jobs. You should associate tape media that meets or exceeds the discard thresholds that are determined by the media manufacturer with the Retired Media media set. Backup Exec tracks the soft errors that are generated by the storage device firmware. Media that exceed acceptable levels of these errors are reported as potential candidates to be discarded.
To decide which tape media to retire, run a Media Errors report for the total number of errors for media, or view the properties for a specific media.
Associate any media with an unacceptable level of errors to Retired Media so that you are protected against using defective media before critical backup operations begin. After you associate tape media with the Retired Media set, it is not used by Backup Exec for future backup jobs. The media is still available to be restored from if it is not damaged.
To retire damaged tape media
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On the Storage tab, expand Tape and Disk Cartridge Media.
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Right-click Online Tape Media, and then clickDetails.
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Right-click the media that you want to retire, and then click Retire.
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Click Yes when you are prompted to retire the media.
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