What parameter should be used to perform a scheduled
backup to the media that is in the drive. I overwrite the
same tape every night on this particular server but it is
saying that it can not find any available media.

Thanks

Bob

Hi Bob,

If you are planning to overwrite whatever tape is in the drive at the time
of the backup, then you will want to use the /um switch. Please note that
you must use the /p switch with /um.

Please see the "unmanaged" section of the following article.
239892 How to Schedule Unattended Backups Using a Stand-Alone Tape Library
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=239892
--
Jaysen Buffington MCSE
Support Professional
Microsoft Setup Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at
http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm

Note: For the benefit of the community-at-large, all responses to this
message are best directed to the newsgroup/thread from which they
originated.
--------------------
Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
From: "Bob" <(E-Mail Removed)>
Sender: "Bob" <(E-Mail Removed)>
Subject: ntbackup parameters
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 17:06:38 -0700
Lines: 8
Message-ID: <0c8401c387af$e2b38bf0$(E-Mail Removed)>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300
Thread-Index: AcOHr+KzM4ARFzsqRs6YPLXcQAXFTw==
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.file_system
Path: cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl
Xref: cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl microsoft.public.win2000.file_system:12174
NNTP-Posting-Host: TK2MSFTNGXA11 10.40.1.163
X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.win2000.file_system

What parameter should be used to perform a scheduled
backup to the media that is in the drive. I overwrite the
same tape every night on this particular server but it is
saying that it can not find any available media.

Thanks

Bob