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Event ID 58061: "Please insert overwritable media into the drive. Overwritable media includes scratch, blank, and recyclable media" is reported in the Event Viewer Application Log.

Article: 100015379
Last Published: 2025-06-10
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Product(s): Backup Exec

Problem

Event ID 58061: "Please insert overwritable media into the drive. Overwritable media includes scratch, blank, and recyclable media. Please note that depending on the current Media Overwrite Protection setting, imported and allocated media may be overwritable as well", as is reported in the Event Viewer Application Log.

 

Error Message

Event ID: 58061
Source: Backup Exec
Type: Information
Description: Event ID 58061: "Please insert overwritable media into the drive.


Overwritable media includes scratch, blank, and recyclable media.

Error - Unable to mount specified medium: 0xa000810f.

 

Cause

The alert was reported because a "backup" job was performed in Backup Exec (tm) and there are no tapes in the tape drive that Backup Exec can use to continue the backup. Backup Exec is waiting for tapes that can be overwritten (including scratch, blank, and recyclable media) to be placed in the tape drive.  
This error can also be detected from the SGMon log. This event will register the following error in the SGMon log:
Error - Unable to mount specified medium: 0xa000810f.
 

Solution

Solution 1:
Place tapes in the tape drive, respond to the alert in Backup Exec.
 
Solution 2:
Check if the tapes are in the 'End marker Unreadable' state and if the tape drive has multiple errors as shown below.
 

If the tapes are  'End marker unreadable' and have multiple errors, then follow the steps below.

1.Right click on the tape and run long erase.  Please note that all data on the tape will be lost.

2.Run a clean job on the tape drive.

3.Run the backup job again to the tape.

 

 

 

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