Overwritable media with append time set to "none" due to full capacity incorrectly displays in black text.

Article:TECH37870  |  Created: 2008-01-20  |  Updated: 2008-01-20  |  Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH37870
Article Type
Technical Solution

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Environment

Problem



Overwritable media with append time set to "none" due to full capacity incorrectly displays in black text.

Solution



Media that is overwritable will display in the blue text within Backup Exec.  Media that is overwrite protected should display in black text.  
When a piece of media becomes full the append time is automatically set to none.  When the append time is set to none,  it will incorrectly show in black text, even if the media is overwritable (Figure 1).

Figure 1:
 

Note: This issue will not effect backups, this is strictly a cosmetic issue.
Note: This display problem can happen with tape media as well as Backup-To-Disk media.
This issue has been fixed in Backup Exec 10 Revision 5520, Service Pack One and above.  To upgrade to this or the newer versions of Backup Exec, please refer to Technote 287939 "How to get the installation source and license keys for Backup Exec for Windows Servers and components" in the Related Documents Section below.      



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DescriptionBEWS GUI: Overwritable media that have no apend time because they are full show in black instead of blue


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275777


Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH37870


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