Removable storage service needs to be restarted

[Guest]

I manage a serverpark of 5 servers. Three (3) of them need te be backed-up.
One has Win2000 server, the rest has win2003 server. The win2000 server has
a problem when inserting another tape. Every morning I eject the tape (DLT)
with the backup and insert a new one. Normaly the tape is recognized after a
minute or two and you can de-allocate it and put a free label (=prepare) on
it. (works like this in win2003, piece of cake)
The problem is, this only happens when I go to the removable storage service
and restart it. It's nice to know that we can go round this problem, but it
is a problem that needs to be fixed. Anyone has an idea?

 

[Jerold Schulman]

I manage a serverpark of 5 servers. Three (3) of them need te be backed-up.
One has Win2000 server, the rest has win2003 server. The win2000 server has
a problem when inserting another tape. Every morning I eject the tape (DLT)
with the backup and insert a new one. Normaly the tape is recognized after a
minute or two and you can de-allocate it and put a free label (=prepare) on
it. (works like this in win2003, piece of cake)
The problem is, this only happens when I go to the removable storage service
and restart it. It's nice to know that we can go round this problem, but it
is a problem that needs to be fixed. Anyone has an idea?

Why not use the /UM (UnManaged) switch in NTBackup, tip 2265 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsifaq.com

You can also scrpt the freemedia label, tip 7925.

You can script the whole thing:

See tip 5961 and link.

You can eject with:

rsm.exe eject /PF%media%

If you wanted to stop and start Removable Storage in the script:

net stop NtmsSvc
@ping -n 4 localost>nul
net start NtMsSvc
@ping -n 31 localost>nul