AWS VTL Automatic Importing/Configuring New Tapes as Required

[Richie Rogers]

Hi,
We're using Veeam Backup & Replication and for our tape backups have an AWS Virtual Tape Library configured.
The VTL is configured to ensure there are always 10 blank tapes available.
Our Veeam Media Pools are configured to automatically use tapes from the "Free Media Pool" as required.
The jobs run fine if I run a manual import tapes job (which imports the ten tapes as "unrecognised" and then manually marked as free).
When the tapes are imported the AWS VTL creates ten more new tapes ready to be imported.
Once the "Free Media Pool" is empty then Veeam prompts to insert a tape until I manually run the import and set/erase tapes as "Free" again.
I'm guessing I've missed a configuration setting somewhere that would automatically perform this (or is there a way to schedule a script to run automatically when the number of tapes in the "Free Media Pool" is less than 10?)

I have raised: Case #06295406
However, I think this is likely to be something I've missed or incorrectly configured, rather than an error or technical issue with the product.

Thanks,
Richie

[Mildur]

Hi Richie

Completely new tapes must first be introduced to Veeam before you can use them. The process is called
"Inventorying Tapes":
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... ml?ver=120

For that, you can build a script which leverages Start-VBRTapeInventory cmdlet:
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... ml?ver=120

Something similar to this:

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$Pool = Get-VBRTapeMediaPool -Name Free
$Tapes = Get-VBRTapeMedium | Where-Object {$_.MediaPoolId -eq $Pool.ID} | measure
$Tapes.Count

If ($Tapes.Count –lt 10) { Get-VBRTapeLibrary -Name "VTL LibraryName" | Start-VBRTapeInventory }

Best,
Fabian