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1. Select Control panel -> Administrative tools -> Computer management -> Removable
storage -> Media pools -> Acronis.
2. Right click on the tape in the Acronis pool, dismount the tape if it is has a status
Loaded and select Free from the context menu. The tape will be moved to the Free pool.
After putting a tape in the Free pool RSM and then Acronis will rescan it and record it to
the database with a new GUID.
storage -> Media pools -> Acronis.
2. Right click on the tape in the Acronis pool, dismount the tape if it is has a status
Loaded and select Free from the context menu. The tape will be moved to the Free pool.
After putting a tape in the Free pool RSM and then Acronis will rescan it and record it to
the database with a new GUID.
A deleted archive is not necessarily deleted from the tape, it can be just marked as
deleted in the catalogue.
deleted in the catalogue.
Saving a full backup to a new tape
You can enable saving a full backup on a new tape even if the currently mounted tape is
not full. To do so, dismount the current tape and eject it, add a new tape and move the
tape to the Free pool using RSM. Incremental or differential backups cannot be
performed in this way because access to the previous backups is required.
You can enable saving a full backup on a new tape even if the currently mounted tape is
not full. To do so, dismount the current tape and eject it, add a new tape and move the
tape to the Free pool using RSM. Incremental or differential backups cannot be
performed in this way because access to the previous backups is required.
3.8.3 Backing up to a tape device through Acronis Backup Server
To enable backup to a tape device in the local network:
1. Install Acronis Backup Server on a server accessible to all users.
2. Attach the tape device to that server.
3. Move tapes from the Unrecognized or Backup pool to the Free pool using the
Removable storage snap-in (Control panel -> Administrative tools -> Computer
management -> Removable storage -> Media pools.)
4. Create local accounts on that server for all users who will back up their data to the
autoloader. Accounts must belong to the AcronisBackupServerUsers group and be the real
accounts with which users log in Windows.
5. When creating backup tasks (if logged in Windows with the above accounts), users of
Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server local version will be able to select
the tape device from the list of Backup Server locatons.
The backup server administrator can create group or individual tasks for computers to
back up their data to the tape device using Acronis True Image Management Console.
Filenames for backups are not needed when backing up to tape.
Archives, created on tape devices through Acronis Backup Server, cannot be accessed by
Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server local and bootable versions and
agents for validation, data recovery and converting images to virtual disks.
When the tape is full, you must dismount it first before ejecting.
Sometimes Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server cannot recognize any
Acronis Tape Plugin backups on tapes, though the archive is mounted in the RSM Import
Media pool. The reason for this is when you are trying to restore\validate an archive
spanned over two or more tapes made by earlier versions of Acronis True Image Echo
(builds up to 8163) via Acronis Backup Server of the latest version. Use the
Tdbrepair.exe command-line tool to add information about such tape archives to the
Backup Server database. For more information see
1. Install Acronis Backup Server on a server accessible to all users.
2. Attach the tape device to that server.
3. Move tapes from the Unrecognized or Backup pool to the Free pool using the
Removable storage snap-in (Control panel -> Administrative tools -> Computer
management -> Removable storage -> Media pools.)
4. Create local accounts on that server for all users who will back up their data to the
autoloader. Accounts must belong to the AcronisBackupServerUsers group and be the real
accounts with which users log in Windows.
5. When creating backup tasks (if logged in Windows with the above accounts), users of
Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server local version will be able to select
the tape device from the list of Backup Server locatons.
The backup server administrator can create group or individual tasks for computers to
back up their data to the tape device using Acronis True Image Management Console.
Filenames for backups are not needed when backing up to tape.
Archives, created on tape devices through Acronis Backup Server, cannot be accessed by
Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server local and bootable versions and
agents for validation, data recovery and converting images to virtual disks.
When the tape is full, you must dismount it first before ejecting.
Sometimes Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server cannot recognize any
Acronis Tape Plugin backups on tapes, though the archive is mounted in the RSM Import
Media pool. The reason for this is when you are trying to restore\validate an archive
spanned over two or more tapes made by earlier versions of Acronis True Image Echo
(builds up to 8163) via Acronis Backup Server of the latest version. Use the
Tdbrepair.exe command-line tool to add information about such tape archives to the
Backup Server database. For more information see