backup doesn't show up for restore

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Hello,

I have 2 win2000 srvs that have exactly same hardware and
software installed. These boxes have internal tape
drives. I used the Windows backup software that came with
windows 2000 srv. I backup one system and try to put the
tape and restore it on the second system, but somehow the
second system was unable to see the backup job that was
backup from the other system.
Each system only see their own backup but not from other
systems. Even though these systems are having exactly the
same as hardware and software.
I plan to have one system to be online and the other will
stay offline for emergency backup. If the online system
goes down, I would like to have the backup jobs to restore
the information to the offline box and take online.

What is the requirement for these options to be working?
Does windows backup will backup open files?

Thanks a lot!
Test
 
have you saved a copy of the tape catalog on the tape??

Usually the backup program saves the backup name in it's
internal database, the other server won't have that name,
unless you read the tape and find the index.

I don't work with server backups, but tapes should have a
copy of the index on the tape.
 
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