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Re: [Networker] new to Virtual Tape Library - what are the benefits?

2007-08-16 19:45:07
Subject: Re: [Networker] new to Virtual Tape Library - what are the benefits?
From: Dag Nygren <dag AT NEWTECH DOT FI>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:41:00 +0300
> Depending on the VTL involved, it will manage the cloning of data to physical 
> tape.  If this is license-free, then it may be better to do this than to 
> involve NetWorker, which will require a further jukebox license to cover 
> this.  The way it works on a CDL is that the CDL controls the physical 
> library, and will load tapes and route the data to NetWorker that way.  Or so 
> I believe - didn't have physical libraries on my last job :)

Well...
You need two GUI:s to control this process, which is not very nice.
Additionally Networker looses control over the tape after it is cloned to
physical. No automatic loading etc.

And you cannot stage individual savesets, but it is the whole tape
or nothing

I am still not convinced ;-)

Dag

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