• When and why would I ever need to erase a tape?
  
• Regarding tape drives, what is cataloging?
  
• Why is it important to have an offsite backup?
  
• What is the Removable Storage Manager (RSM) and how do I troubleshoot with it?
  
• What are the pros and cons of doing a Full (Normal), Incremental, and Differential Backup?
  
• What does formatting a tape do?
  
• How can I configure Backup Exec to quit prompting me to overwrite?

Technical

• What are some common troubleshooting steps for IDE TR5 TBUs?
• What are some common troubleshooting steps for IDE Travan TBUs?
• What are some reasons my TBU doesn't backup to the full compressed capacity of the cartridge?
  
• Why does my backup time out and retry to backup open files?
• What does retensioning a tape do and when do I conduct this operation?
  
• How long should a typical tape last and when should it be retired?
  
• What are the performance and capacity comparisons among some of the tape drives?
  
• What is the difference between a quick and a long erase?
  
• Why does Windows Native Backup not work after installing Veritas?
  
• How do I configure an IDE device, such as a hard drive, for my system?
• What does helical scan/linear scan mean?
• What does the Prepare Media option do in Windows 2000 RSM?
• What is the media pool in Windows 2000, 2003 RSM?
• How do I verify TBU recognition in NetWare 4, 5, 6?
• What is meant by the term backup set, media set?
• Can I have other IDE devices on the same cable as my tape drive?
• Does this tape drive support hardware compression?
• What are the cleaning guidelines for QIC (Travan) tape backup drives?
• Do Seagate error codes provide diagnostics for an issue?
  
• What are some of the features of the Seagate Backup Exec?
  
• What are some of the enhancement features of a Seagate TR-5 tape backup?
  
• What are some dos and don'ts of using a Seagate TR-5 or Certance TR-40 tape backup?
• How is a Seagate tape backup unit (TBU) model number translated?
  
• Why can I not format my TR-4 and TR-5 tapes?
  
• When and why should I retension tapes?
  
• What are Bad Block errors with regard to running backups?
  
• Why does my Windows 2000 scheduled backup prompt me to insert new media even though there is a tape in the drive?
  
• Why does the software I received with my add-on TBU not install in Windows NT Server or Windows 2000 Server?
  
• Why do I only see the first backup set on the tape, although it has several (when it is initially inventoried)?
  
• My TBU will not detect any media. How should I troubleshoot this?
  
• If servers are so reliable, then why do I need a backup?
  
• What capacity tapes can the TR5 drive use?
  
• Why is it more important to run a verify when backing up to a TR5 drive?
  
• What is a media label on the tape?
  
• What does it mean to run an inventory on a drive?
  
• What are the differences between an IDE and a SCSI TBU?
  
• Why am I getting an error in Windows NT or Windows 2000 Backup after installing a different (third-party) backup program?
  
• What is cable select and why should I use it?

How-To

• How do I test my tape drive in Windows NT, 2000, and 2003 Server?
  
• How can I test my TBU in Linux?
  
• How can I test my TBU in NetWare?
  
• How do I schedule tape backups in Windows 2003?
  
• My Backup Application fails giving the error message "write protected." What do I do?
• How do I perform a simple backup operation in Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server?
• What type of care does a TBU tape need?
• Does my tape drive need cleaning?
• How is the read/write head cleaned?
• How is the backup software used?
  
• How is a backup performed?
  
• How is a restore performed?
  
• How is a compare performed?
  
• How do I perform a simple Veritas Server Backup operation?
  
• How do I perform a simple Windows 2000 Server Restore operation?
  
• How do I perform a simple Veritas Server Restore operation in Veritas Backup Exec?
  
• How do I schedule tape backups in Windows 2000?
  
• How do I configure an Unattended Tape Backup in Windows NT with NTBackup?
  
• How can I test my tape backup unit in MS-DOS?