try changing the date on the computer to 1999.
some of the v6 stuff had some pretty serious problems with y2k related
issues.



"Michael Breen" wrote in message
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>
> I recently upgraded from 6.x to 8.x on a single server. The 8.x did not
convert
> my catalogs with the utility - it did not find any catalogs to convert. I
> did have 2.5 years worth of catalogs visable in version 6.x
> I uninstalled 8.x, copied my BKUPEXEC folder back to the original location
> after reinstalling 6.x and the catalogs were all there. I then upgraded to
> version 7.3 and the program automatically converted my catalogs - but they
> do not appear anywhere in the media section. I applied post 2575 and
spanfix.exe
> and ran the conversion again manually but the program could not find any
> catalogs.
> I looked on all of my backup tapes (after inventory and catalog on another
> server 7.3) and looked in the c:/bkupexec/nt/catalogs folder but it is
empty,
> it is empty on every tape I could find. I searched for files of *.idx and
> *.U01 and found nothing on tape or on the server. Where did 6.x store the
> files?
> I would re-catalog everything (300+ tapes) if I could, but BackupExec will
> not catalog my multi-tape sets.
> No matter what settings I use, or which server/drive combination I use, BE
> will only catalog tape 1 of 3 on my DLT drives. Sometimes it prompts for
> all 3 tapes in a set but still only shows information that is on tape 1
within
> the catalog for restore.
> What's up? I've tried just about all that I can think of.
> Can't upgrade my catalogs and can't create new ones...
>
> HELP please if you can.