About deleting media

When you delete media from Backup Exec, all records of the media are removed from the Backup Exec Database. These records include catalog information, media statistics, and other information that is associated with the media. You can only delete media when it belongs to the Retired Media set.

You may want to delete media when the following occurs:

  • You have a lot of offsite media that you do not want to recycle.

  • You throw away damaged or old media.

Media can only be deleted from Backup Exec after it has been associated with the Retired Media set.

When deleted media is reused in Backup Exec, it is recognized as imported media. Before you can restore from the media, you must catalog it.

Note:

Deleting media from Backup Exec is not the same operation as erasing media.

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