Yes using as tape. All that works fine. But getting the images from the
VTL to tape is more challenging. I think netbackup 6.5 has full support
for VTL's and then I assume that the vaulting option will fully support
VTL to tape copying then. I was told that 6.5 is due out by the end of
this year.
 


Greg 

 

 

 

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From: veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Paul
Keating
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 12:48 PM
To: veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] VTL images to tape


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Well, this is interesting news.
 
How does NBU know it's not a physical tape? The whole point of VTL is so
that the application thinks it's tape, no?
 
Thanks. I'll definately be testing that as part of our acceptance
testing, so we'll see how it goes.
 
And you're using the VTL as "tape", not just as a DSU with compression,
as a previous poster is using his DataDomain appliances??
 
Paul
 
 
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        From: veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Hindle,
Greg
        Sent: August 22, 2006 12:29 PM
        To: Paul Keating; veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
        Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] VTL images to tape
        
        
        Paul,
        The vaulting in 5.0 does not allow images to be copied from a
VTL to tape. The option is in the software but it does not work. We have
confirmed this with Symantec that the vault was written for tape to tape
copies not for VTL to tape. Even though netbackup sees that virtual
tapes fine vault someone "knows" these are not real tapes and copy
process does not function.
         


        Greg 

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