Hi,

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

Yes, and many more hours if you have multiplexed backup streams which span 
multiple tapes.

Justin.

On Wed, 13 Jan 2010, WEAVER, Simon (external) wrote:

> 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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> Subject: [Veritas-bu] I inherited a mess.
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>
> 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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