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How Arcserve Backup Prevents Tape Drive Errors

Before performing a backup job, Arcserve Backup evaluates the "health" of the tape drive. If a problem is detected, Arcserve Backup performs the following analyses and actions:

• If another tape drive is available (empty) Arcserve Backup moves the tape to the next available tape drive and runs the backup job.
• If there are no available drives, Arcserve Backup moves the tape to a tape drive that is not locked, and runs the backup job.
• If all other drives are locked, Arcserve Backup runs the backup job in the current tape drive.