If NetBackup is trying to write to tape #6, then #6 is not full and it's 
trying to append to the data already on the tape.

If you wish to make a tape unavailable for writing until its data 
expires, "suspend" it with the bpmedia command.

cheers, wayne

Zermeno, Brandon (Contractor) wrote, in part,  on 1/12/2005 10:13 AM:

> I have several stand alone, non-barcode reading, tape drives. They run 
> on Win 2k, NBU 4.5fp7. Right now tape #2 is in the drive, when the 
> backup starts it is looking for #6. Now tape #6 is not expired and can 
> not be written over, Tape #2 IS expired. Why is it looking for that 
> specific tape id? How can I circumvent this? The units in question are 
> overseas and there is quite the language barrier, So I cant really ask 
> them to keep changing out tapes every time the backup runs.
>
> Any ideas?
>