Backup Exec Job Hangs at 99%, Prompting to Remote Media

Written by Daniel Mundy | 07 December 2008

Sometimes the backup job will hang at 99% and you'll see an alert asking "Please remove the media from the drive, and Respond OK" - even though you have the "Eject media after job completes" option checked.

The alert is category "Media Remove" and the event ID is 58063. If you respond OK, the job will complete successfully. If you miss the alert, the job will fail...

Resolution: How to configure Backup Exec to automatically respond to media alerts, including when a backup hangs at 99%, until the user responds to a tape eject prompt

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