When inserting a tape for the next week’s rotation, the tape must first be erased. This procedure must be performed manually through the Graphical User Interface of NTBackup, and is not scriptable. If the tape is not first erased, there will not be enough room on the tape for the backups in the coming week.
The following steps can be used to erase a tape with NTBackup:
- Click Start
- Click Programs
- Click Administrative Tools
- Click Backup
- There are three windows. Select the Tapes window.
- Highlight the tape you wish to erase.
- On the top line menu, click Operations.
- Click Erase Tape
- On the resultant window, click Ok.