I think this also applies to other backup software (other than BEWS). Had  
one client asking for the same thing, migrate their EDM (an old emc  
backup) tapes to NetBackup. But if would be the case - restore then backup  
again to NBU - it would really eat up a lot of resources.
They decided not to take that path, instead they opted to maintain their  
old system to cater for the restore requests. :)

-lamont

On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:38:09 +0800, Sponsler, Michael  
<Michael.Sponsler AT ngc DOT com> wrote:

> I worked with Symantec some time ago with this very issue.
> And the short answer is no, there is no other way other than manually
> restoring the data than backing up up with netbackup.
> --
> Mike Sponsler
> Michael.Sponsler AT ngc DOT com
> Northrop Grumman Information Technology
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> From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Jenner,
> Steven
> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 3:54 AM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] migrating Legato images from tape to NetBackup
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
> I am looking at consolidating two disparate backup systems one running
> Legato the other NetBackup.
>
>
> As I come from the NetBackup School I would like to ensure the new
> system runs on NetBackup; however I have an issue with archived data
> held on tape that was backed up using Legato. The other team have a
> retention policy of seven years therefore existing backup images created
> with the Legato system are not due to expire any time soon and could be
> called upon for a restore at any time.
>
>
> Is there a way to migrate the data held on the Legato media to the
> NetBackup system, other than manually restoring the data to a server
> from the Legato tapes then backing up with NetBackup?
>
>
> We are talking about several hundred tapes therefore the manual process
> detailed above would be extremely time consuming.
>
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Steve.
>
>
>
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