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Proper Method of setting up a new Tape in Backup Exec 12.0

Using LTO 3 Ultrium Data Cartridges. What is the proper method to setting up a new tape. Should it be Labeled first then Inventoried or Inventoried and then labeled. Does the tape need to be cataloged....

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What’s your take on tape storage?

For a while now, everyone has been talking about how Tapedrive has been finally nixed by digital storage like NAS and SAN, but tape is still being used by enterprises, whether due to compliance or cost...

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Mounting Tape on Tape Drive using BRMS

Hi, We have BRMS installed on AS400 V5R4.The Backup and Restore are done manually.Once the tapes are ordered the operator puts it in the tape library.Can anyone please let me know how I mount the tape...

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what backup system to use

In have 6 servers at the head office and 1 in 8 regions and I need to backup all data including data from regions. All should be backup centrally I am currently using a single tape library and backing...

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What’s the right backup tape for 15 terabyte backup?

What is the right backup tape for me if I am trying to get 15 terabytes backed up? We currently have a LTO3 library but I would love to replace it with higher capacity tapes. Are there any that are...

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LTO3 tape drive issue after cleaning

After cleaning my LTO3 tape drive with a cleaning tape it will not recognize my old tapes., It seems to write to new ones without an issue but the old ones with data are showing up as UNKNOWN.

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LTO-1 to LTO-4 Migration

We are an audio post production facility in the LA area. Currently we archive our finished work to LTO-4 using a tape library (Dell TL-4000) and Retrospect. We also have a Fibre LTO-4 drive and a SCSI...

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View Files on Tape Backup

How can I view the files on the back up tape itself and not the log? I need to verify which tape has the most recent files on it, out of several monthly tapes.

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TAR CVF commands and LTO

Does anyone have anymore information regarding using TAR CVF commands to access LTO tapes regardless of what software was used to archive to those LTO tapes. Thanks Ken

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Are LTO tapes backwards compatible. Why would I not be able to read old tapes?

We have 6 year old LTO tapes. We are trying to restore data from them using a LTO4 drive. We can not read the tapes at all. Not even the label. Can this be fixed? Any ideas? The drives are backwards...

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Proper Method of setting up a new Tape in Backup Exec 12.0

Using LTO 3 Ultrium Data Cartridges. What is the proper method to setting up a new tape. Should it be Labeled first then Inventoried or Inventoried and then labeled. Does the tape need to be cataloged....

View Article

Mounting Tape on Tape Drive using BRMS

Hi, We have BRMS installed on AS400 V5R4.The Backup and Restore are done manually.Once the tapes are ordered the operator puts it in the tape library.Can anyone please let me know how I mount the tape...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

What’s your take on tape storage?

For a while now, everyone has been talking about how Tapedrive has been finally nixed by digital storage like NAS and SAN, but tape is still being used by enterprises, whether due to compliance or cost...

View Article


LTO3 tape drive issue after cleaning

After cleaning my LTO3 tape drive with a cleaning tape it will not recognize my old tapes., It seems to write to new ones without an issue but the old ones with data are showing up as UNKNOWN. The post...

View Article

LTO-1 to LTO-4 Migration

We are an audio post production facility in the LA area. Currently we archive our finished work to LTO-4 using a tape library (Dell TL-4000) and Retrospect. We also have a Fibre LTO-4 drive and a SCSI...

View Article


View Files on Tape Backup

How can I view the files on the back up tape itself and not the log? I need to verify which tape has the most recent files on it, out of several monthly tapes. The post View Files on Tape Backup...

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TAR CVF commands and LTO

Does anyone have anymore information regarding using TAR CVF commands to access LTO tapes regardless of what software was used to archive to those LTO tapes. Thanks Ken The post TAR CVF commands and...

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Are LTO tapes backwards compatible. Why would I not be able to read old tapes?

Question Edited by Michael Tidmarsh The post Are LTO tapes backwards compatible. Why would I not be able to read old tapes? appeared first on IT Answers.

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what backup system to use

In have 6 servers at the head office and 1 in 8 regions and I need to backup all data including data from regions. All should be backup centrally I am currently using a single tape library and backing...

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What’s the right backup tape for 15 terabyte backup?

New Discussion Post by Sharon Fisher The post What’s the right backup tape for 15 terabyte backup? appeared first on IT Answers.

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