Ntbackup.exe Requests the Same Tape During a Backup

When the tape ends and is ejected after you use Ntbackup.exe to append backup data to a tape, you may receive the following error messages where tape_label_name is the same label name for the tape that has been ejected. If you try to use a blank tape, it may be rejected. If you put the original tape into the tape drive, these symptoms repeat, with the tape being ejected and then you are prompted to use it again.

Note This symptom only occurs with stand-alone tape drives, and not with library tape backup systems.

1. Click Abort.
2. When you are prompted to stop or continue with the backup, click Stop now.
   
   Note Ntbackup.exe indicates that the current backup job is possibly damaged. This is only true for the current backup session. All other backup data from previous sessions are still valid and can be restored. For additional information about how to restore data from the incomplete backup on the original, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
   244805 How to Restore Data from a Backup Set that Contains a Missing or
3. Remove the current tape, and then use a new blank tape to start a new backup.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

For additional information about how to use Ntbackup.exe, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: