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Backup issues

I am having problems with backing up a 2 volumes from my HP MSA1000 SAN to an LTO tape library. The volumes are 80 & 90 GB in size and contain around 600,000 small files in each set. The 2 volumes...

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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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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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Can I speed up my LTO 4 daily tape backup?

Backing up servers over a 100mbps node is very very slow. Is there anything that can be done to speed this up over the existing 100mbps line? The transfers seem to be going at around 7-12mbps. The...

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LTO 2 tape backup for Windows server 2003

Using tapes (LTO2) from a Windows server 2003 and NTBackup. Is this possible? Can I backup to the tape and selectively restore? Or will I need more robust software?

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Backup and Restore using Arcserve on i520

Hi, I wonder if anyone can give me some advise regards to backing up and restoring using Arcserve. We have establihed a link from the Network LTO3 backup tape library using Arcserve and have managed to...

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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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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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Can we simulate a library with multiple tape drives?

We have several LTO3 tape drives instead of purchasing a library can we make use of the 4 drives like a library to span tapes without having to load new ones? Using Backup Exec 12 on Win 2008 R2.

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Copying LTO 3 Drive to tape

We back up everynight to a LTO3 drive. Can we copy the tape to send it to multiple locations and not just store it in our datacenter? We use brightstore.

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I have a LTO 3 tape drive that does not read my LTO2 tapes is this normal?

I have a LTO 3 tape drive that does not read my LTO2 tapes is this normal? I thought they were backwards compatible. I can read the LTO2 tapes in the LTO2 drive but not vice versa. It seems to be...

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