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Backup Exec 8.6 Catalog a backup tape from an off-site location to a server

I am currently using Veritas Backup Exec for Windows 2000, version 8.6.  We had a computer tech onsite until recently who was able to take a tape created at an offsite location, using the same exact tape drive and software as is in our office, and create a "log", or "catalog" of the items on that tape to our server.  When you go into the program and click on the "Restore" tab, you see a listing of all of the previous tape logs for this particular location.  There are no files stored on the server, only a log that you would normally get during a backup procedure (your files would remain on the backup tape, but the log would include a listing of all directories and files on the tape).  

Now that our tech is no longer with us, it is my responsibility to take these tapes and create the log.  I know this is a workable procedure on our system, I just don't know how to do it.  Can anyone tell me how to do this?  I need to create the log so it shows when I click on the Restore tab of the Backup Exec program, but I do not want to copy all of the actual files onto our server.  I have spent days reading through manuals and searching online for answers, but I have not been able to create this log.  Please help.  

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Thanks rindi.  I have already inventoried the tape and run the catalog (I've done it several times, actually), but I was not sure if this was what I was supposed to do.  I am starting to believe that the tape that was given to me had already been cataloged, which is why I was not seeing anything new and nothing appeared to be happening.  

This is the situation:  our tech guy got a new job and left about two weeks ago.  Backup tapes are brought into the office from an offsite location, apparently about once a month or so.  After the tech left for his new job, I was given a tape and told that the backup had been run on 03/28/06.  I did an inventory of the tape, and they system showed it as being from 03/16/06.  When I go into the Restore section to see what's there, I see a catalog for 03/31/06, which seems to be the tape I am trying to work with, but because of all of the different dates, I am just really confused.  Like I said, I am starting to suspect that this tape had somehow been cataloged by the tech before he left, but when it was given to me I was told it was a new tape.  

I came in here with my question hoping to either confirm that I was doing the right thing with the tape, or to find out what I was doing wrong.  It would appear that you have confirmed what I already believed to be the correct procedure.  However, I am going to wait a couple of days before I accept your answer.  I want to find out when I will be getting a (truly) new tape, which should be within a couple of days.  When I get that tape I will run through the Inventory/Catalog procedure and see if that does what I need it to do.  If it works, I will accept your answer.  If it doesn't, I am going to be back here asking for more help.  Meanwhile, if you or anyone comes up with anything else to try, please let me know.  Thanks again!

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I was hoping that I would have a new tape to try out within a couple of days, but I've found out I will have it by next Tuesday at the earliest.  So I am going to accept rindi's answer and close this out.  If I cannot get things to work when I get the new tape - I will be back.  Thanks!

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thanks