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Prerequisites

You have started a backup to a single backup medium or a backup to a group of parallel backup media.

The capacity of the Structure linkbackup medium or backup media inserted is not sufficient for the selected backup. The advancing bar showing the progress of the backup stops before reaching 100%.

You are prompted to insert the succeeding medium.

Procedure

Succeeding Medium is Tape

  1. Insert the next tape.
  2. Ensure that the tape that has just been written is stored in a safe place and that the right tape has been inserted.
  3. Choose Start.

Recommendation

We recommend you specify the exact capacity of the medium when defining the medium. Provided the tape device driver gives a reliable indication when the end of the tape is reached, the Database Manager GUI reacts as described even when Size = 0.
If the end of the tape is not recognized correctly, the message Writing Error is displayed. Even when this happens you can continue as described in steps 1-3.

Succeeding Medium is a File

  1. Under New Location, enter the name and full path of the file to which the backup should be made.
  2. Choose the menu entry for the selected backup type ® Continue.

Repeat the procedure appropriate to the media type until the backup process has been completed.

As long as the backup process is being performed, no other backup can be started. A backup process is complete when the message Backup completed appears.