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well we had the same problem, we abandoned veritas and went back to good old windows backup.
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well we had the same problem, we abandoned veritas and went back to good old windows backup.

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I'm running Backup Exec 8 on NT server. It usually takes about 3 hours to complete the backup. Just a week ago, it started to fail. Error saying that a problem writing to the media. I used a cleaning tape, and it seemed to fix it. But now the backups are taking a very long time to complete. From 50 hours to 8 hours. I also now get a message in the &quot;Job Monitor&quot; Tab that it's &quot;Loading Media&quot;, it keeps doing that regardless of the numerous attempts to stop it.<br />
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Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I'm running Backup Exec 8 on NT server. It usually takes about 3 hours to complete the backup. Just a week ago, it started to fail. Error saying that a problem writing to the media. I used a cleaning tape, and it seemed to fix it. But now the backups are taking a very long time to complete. From 50 hours to 8 hours. I also now get a message in the "Job Monitor" Tab that it's "Loading Media", it keeps doing that regardless of the numerous attempts to stop it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Backup Exec Taking Too Long to Complete Job

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.

Storage Software

Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media used to retain digital data. In addition to local storage devices like CD and DVD readers, hard drives and flash drives, solid state drives can hold enormous amounts of data in a very small device. Cloud services and other new forms of remote storage also add to the capacity of devices and their ability to access more data without building additional data storage into a device.