rhyno_1 Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 So I have a mixed library of AIT-3 and AIT-5 tapes. We just recently upgraded to AIT-5. So therefore i have 2 tape drives (AIT-3 & 5). What i want to do is make duplications of each tape. Can I hook both drives up and make the AIT-5 drive read off the AIT-3 drive to make a duplication? If so how would I go about this operation. I see alot of tutorials about duplications from hard drives, but none tape-to-tape. Possible? Thanks in advance! Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 (edited) Use "Transfer" backup set to transfer from one tape backup set to another. Tools > Copy, Transfer See page 60 of the Users Guide. Note that this is not a tape duplication, but is the creation of a new backup set on the destination tape with the contents of the source tape. Almost as good, but it will have a different backup set name. Russ Edited March 18, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhyno_1 Posted March 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 Thanks for the quick response. Couple other quick questions for ya. Since I have a ton of AIT-3 tapes, can i consolidate them to AIT-5, so that Im not buying so many tapes? Or does it need that specific catalog to each tape? Also, can i just daisy chain the two drives? Do i need to do anything special to them? Thanks so much! Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 Since I have a ton of AIT-3 tapes, can i consolidate them to AIT-5, so that Im not buying so many tapes? Sure. Just transfer "AIT-3 #1" backup set to "AIT-5 #1" backup set, then transfer "AIT-3 #2" to "AIT-5 #1" backup set, repeat as desired until "AIT-5" backup set fills. Or does it need that specific catalog to each tape? No, that's why I pointed out you are creating a new backup set rather than duplicating tapes. Also, can i just daisy chain the two drives? You can but it will greatly decrease performance and reduce tape capacity on the destination because only one drive can be active at a time on the SCSI chain; "backhitching" as the destination drive becomes starved for data will cause it to back up repeatably to get a running start again, and some drives will lengthen the inter-block gap in an attempt to increase performance (with a resulting decrease in tape capacity due to the larger space between blocks). Do i need to do anything special to them? Well, they should have different SCSI IDs if on the same SCSI chain, and I wouldn't suggest immersing them in water. Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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