SBS Backup Tape re-format

Thread view:

Enable EMail Alerts

Start New Thread

Thread rating:

Kathleen_FFX - 29 Aug 2008 18:22 GMT

Hi - I am used to w2k3 server, and cannot figure out how, in SBS 2003 , I can
find out the name of the tape which is in the backup tape drive at the
moment; also what is the path to reformat tapes? I keep getting failed
backups with the error msg "Cannot locate the specified media or backup
device. This backup operation will terminate." Thanks.

Reply to this Message

Larry Struckmeyer [SBS-MVP] - 29 Aug 2008 21:04 GMT

Hi Kathleen:

This is a news group for SBS 2000, which is a bit different that SBS 2003.
The 2003 group is:

microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs.

As to your question, the tape drive will show up in Device Manager and is NT
Backup, both of which are the same as Windows Server 2003.

-Larry

> Hi - I am used to w2k3 server, and cannot figure out how, in SBS 2003 , I
> can
> find out the name of the tape which is in the backup tape drive at the
> moment; also what is the path to reformat tapes? I keep getting failed
> backups with the error msg "Cannot locate the specified media or backup
> device. This backup operation will terminate." Thanks.

Reply to this Message

Kathleen_FFX - 19 Sep 2008 17:13 GMT

Larry,
Sorry, I had to jump onto something else for a few weeks, but thank you for
your reply. I'll go out to the 2003 group and see if anyone is experiencing
the same thing.
Thanks again,
Kathleen

> Hi Kathleen:
>
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
> > backups with the error msg "Cannot locate the specified media or backup
> > device. This backup operation will terminate." Thanks.

Reply to this Message