
See Resetting the SAN in the SAN Shared Storage Option. Backup Exec should take one of the overwritable tapes, allocate it to the new media set, write a new backup to it and mark it as non-overwritable. Recycling the SAN may also resolve fibre problems. Set the Backup Method to Copy the Files, so it does not reset the archive bit used in any incremental scheme Schedule/run the job.

If restarting the operating system does not bring the devices online, reset the SAN to help identify problem tape devices. Be sure that no Backup Exec jobs are running when you restart. If restarting the services does not bring the devices online, restart the operating system. If no errors exist on the library or if you corrected the errors and the devices are still offline, stop Backup Exec services and then restart them when all Backup Exec jobs are inactive in the SAN. If initializing the library does not bring the devices online, check the library for an error display on the front panel, mechanical problems, or tapes inappropriately in the drives. Select the library, and then under Device Tasks, click Initialize.

To initialize the library, do the following in the order listed:
