Symantec Backup Exec

Name

Displays the name of the media set.

Creation date

Displays the date and time when the media set was created. Backup Exec sets the date and time automatically. You cannot change them.

Overwrite protection period

Displays the length of time in hours, days, weeks, or years to retain the data on the media before the media can be overwritten.

Because of the method Backup Exec uses to compute time, the unit of time that you enter may be converted. For example, if you enter 14 days, the next time you view this property, it may be displayed as two weeks.

The default is Infinite – Don’t Allow Overwrite, which protects the media from being overwritten for 1,000 years, unless the media is erased, formatted, labeled, moved to Scratch Media, or if the media overwrite protection level is set to None.

See About media overwrite protection.

Append period

Displays the length of time in hours, days, or weeks, that data can be added to media. Because of the method Backup Exec uses to compute time, the unit of time that you enter may be converted. For example, if you enter 14 days, the next time you view this property, it may be displayed as two weeks.

The append period starts when the first backup job is written to this media.

The default is Infinite – Allow Append, which allows data to be appended until the media capacity is reached.