Netbackup should be more than happy to talk to the stand alone drive.

Then it is a case of importing the tape (or tapes) that is needed for
the restore. if you have an inventory of what was on the media, then you
should be ok.

NOTE: It can take up to 4 hours to do a full import of a single tape.
HTH
Simon 

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[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Sagz
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 4:48 PM
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Subject: [Veritas-bu] I inherited a mess.


I have a problem.

I'm new to Netbackup.  Currently we have a 6.53 install with a Spectra
Logic t950 robot with LTO-4 Drives and LTO-4 Media.  However there used
to be a different server with LTO-3 drives and LTO-1-3 media and a
different hostname and catalog this was decommissioned about 3 years
ago.

Now I have a couple requests to retrieve data off some of the LT0-1
media and the old catalog is no where to be found.

I have an LTo-3 Drive but its standalone and won't integrate with the
robot.

How would you all proceed?

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