Absolutely, but I was giving one example for 1 tape :-) 

-----Original Message-----
From: Justin Piszcz [mailto:jpiszcz AT lucidpixels DOT com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 11:28 AM
To: WEAVER, Simon (external)
Cc: VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] I inherited a mess.

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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> [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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