Deallocate & Prepare from DOS

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David Gray

Hi,

Using Windows built in backup program to backup server contents to an
LTO tape drive. We have to manually deallocate & prepare the tape each
day so that the backup can run overnight.

All this runs from a batch file and I was wondering what the DOS
commands are to perform these two tasks.

* Deallocate
* Prepare

The os is Windows 2000 advanced server.

Thanks
Dave
 
Hi,

Using Windows built in backup program to backup server contents to an
LTO tape drive. We have to manually deallocate & prepare the tape each
day so that the backup can run overnight.

All this runs from a batch file and I was wondering what the DOS
commands are to perform these two tasks.

* Deallocate
* Prepare

The os is Windows 2000 advanced server.

Thanks
Dave
Click to expand...
Firstly, if you use the /UM switch, you don't have to delallocate and prepare. See tip 2265 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsifaq.com

See tip 8967 » How do I prepare a tape for NTBackup to use?
See tip 5961 » How do I Deallocate the mounted tape in a command script?

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
http://www.jsifaq.com
 
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