Add Media to an Empty Slot in a Magazine During Media Spanning

The following is an example of adding media to an empty slot in a magazine during media spanning to allow the completion of a backup job:

• You are backing up an entire machine to a library that holds a single magazine with four slots.
• Before you run the job, you mount a magazine (two tapes in its slots) into the library, which causes an inventory of the slots in the magazine.
• All the slots were assigned to GROUP0 to allow media spanning.
• You could then run the backup job using GROUP0. However, if CA ARCserve Backup requires more than two tapes to complete the backup, you will be prompted to insert another tape into the library in the middle of the job.
• You could then open the library door and swap one of the tapes in GROUP0 with a new tape, then close the library door, and click OK. This will initiate an inventory of the slots in GROUP0, followed by a continuation of the backup job.