The reason this is a feature in 6.5 is the OpenStorage functionality.
With OpenStorage, the hardware vendor (EMC, FalconStor, etc) will
implement some way (OpenStorage API) of being a disk front end with
the tape offload on the back end.  So, it's not really a VTL at that
point, but a disk-disk-tape solution where the tape portion is
automated by the hardware vendor.  Once the data is on tape, the
OpenStorage functionality will allow NetBackup to know where the data
is.  And NetBackup won't have had to even been involved in the
"duplication" to tape.

Wish I could point to more information, but I wasn't able to find
anything on OpenStorage on the Symantec website except for manual
references.

HTH
-Tim

On 8/30/07, drpaine10 <netbackup-forum AT backupcentral DOT com> wrote:
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> My suspicion was that they would have me line up the virtual and physical 
> media id's. I'm not sure why this is listed as a feature in netbackup 6.5 
> since we could do this in any previous version.
>
> any ideas?
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