Tape Initialization

Hi All,
Can you please tell me what is the use of tape intialization option? is it advisable to initialize the tape every time before we take a backup. Please explain in detail. Advance thanks
regards,
Bala

Hi,
It's not advisable to initiaize tape every time before backup.
Use Brtools to initialize the TAPE.Login as <sid>adm
give command
Brtools
choose option
Backup & database copy
than
choose option
Additional Function
than choose option
Initialization of BRBACKUP tape volumes
than you get the following screen
Options for initialization of BRBACKUP tape volumes
1 - BRBACKUP profile (profile) ....... [initDEV.sap]
2 - Initialization type (initialize) . [rename]
3 ~ Number of volumes (number) ....... []
4 - Confirmation mode (confirm) ...... [yes]
5 - Message language (language) ...... [E]
6 ~ Tape volume names (volume) ....... [DEVB01]
7 - BRBACKUP command line (command) .. [-p initDEV.sap -i -l E -v DEVB01]
choose option 2 & give name force & enter
choose option 6 & give the TAPE(EX:-DEVB01) name.
(Check tape name in your init<sid>.SAP file )
& than press c & c & c........
karan
Edited by: karan Singh on Oct 21, 2008 11:42 AM

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--Siddharth Sharma

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2 - Initialization type (initialize) . [rename]
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Initialize Tape in Error

Dear All,
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Hello,
this is the SQL Server forum. We can't use BRBACKUP. If you have a Oracle database you might get better answers in the Oracle forum. If you have a SQL Server database use DB13 or the SQL Server Development Stuido for scheduling a database backup.
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Initialize Tape Error

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