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When I open NTBackup utility, &quot;Format tape&quot; menu is greyed out. When I choose &quot;Hardware setup&quot; menu, it recognize the tape drive. But when I choose it and click OK, it shows &quot;the tape drive is busy&quot;.<br />
Any idea what's wrong and how to fix it?
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When I open NTBackup utility, "Format tape" menu is greyed out. When I choose "Hardware setup" menu, it recognize the tape drive. But when I choose it and click OK, it shows "the tape drive is busy".
Any idea what's wrong and how to fix it?

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I have SQL 7 server (SP4) running on NT 4 server (SP6).<br />
There is tape drive in it.<br />
I used to use Backup Exec 8.5 to do backup, meaning tape drive and tape should be OK.<br />
Now Backup Exec 8.5 is removed.<br />
When I use SEM to back up a database to the tape, I stopped with the following error:<br />
&quot;The media family on device \\.\Tape0 is incorrectly formed. SQL Server cannot process this media family.<br />
Backup or restore operation terminating abnormally.&quot;<br />
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Q#1: Does it mean Backup Exec formats the tape differently than SEM?<br />
Q#2: How to format the tape in SEM manually?<br />
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Thank you for sharing your knowledge.<br />
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I have SQL 7 server (SP4) running on NT 4 server (SP6).
There is tape drive in it.
I used to use Backup Exec 8.5 to do backup, meaning tape drive and tape should be OK.
Now Backup Exec 8.5 is removed.
When I use SEM to back up a database to the tape, I stopped with the following error:
"The media family on device \\.\Tape0 is incorrectly formed. SQL Server cannot process this media family.
Backup or restore operation terminating abnormally."

Q#1: Does it mean Backup Exec formats the tape differently than SEM?
Q#2: How to format the tape in SEM manually?

Thank you for sharing your knowledge.



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