Windows Server 2003 with Veritas Backup Exec reporting the following error:

Test Backup -- The job failed with the following error: When accessing a new tape
 of a multivolume partition, the current block size is incorrect.

Veritas support recommends this solution, but I have found a little more complicated work-around:

• Close BackupExec
• Stop BackupExec services
• Open NTbackup
• Insert tape and perform a small test backup
• Restart BackupExec services
• Perform a Quick Erase on the tape
• Perform a small test backup using BackupExec

I like to use a small batch file with the following commands to stop and then restart the services (listed in a text file in the same directory).

FOR /F "eol=; tokens=* delims=@" %%i in (besvc.txt) do net stop "%%i"
pause
FOR /F "eol=; tokens=* delims=@" %%i in (besvc.txt) do net start "%%i"

The text file should have the exact name of the services to control.

Backup Exec Job Engine
Backup Exec Server
Backup Exec Agent Browser
Backup Exec Device & Media Service
Backup Exec Remote Agent for Windows Servers

 

 

( Veritas BackupExec Win2K3 Win2003 )