Tape Support; Tape Compatibility Table - ACRONIS Backup & Recovery 10 Server for Windows User Manual

2.9. Tape support

Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 supports tape libraries, autoloaders, SCSI and USB tape drives as
storage devices. A tape device can be locally attached to a managed machine (in this case, the Acronis
Backup & Recovery 10 Agent writes and reads the tapes) or accessed through the Acronis Backup &
Recovery 10 Storage Node. Storage nodes ensure fully automatic operation of tape libraries and
autoloaders.
Backup archives created using different ways of access to tape have different formats. A tape written
by a storage node cannot be read by an agent.
Linux-based and PE-based bootable media allow for backup and recovery using both local access and
access through the storage node. Backups created using the bootable media can be recovered with
the Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent running in the operating system.
2.9.1.

Tape compatibility table

The following table summarizes the readability of tapes written by Acronis True Image Echo and
Acronis True Image 9.1 product families in Acronis Backup & Recovery 10. The table also illustrates
the compatibility of tapes written by various components of Acronis Backup & Recovery 10.
Tape written
Bootable Media
on a locally
attached tape
device (tape
drive or tape
library) by...
Agent for
Windows
Agent for Linux
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...is readable on a tape device attached to a
ABR10
Bootable
Media
ATIE 9.1 +
ATIE 9.5 +
ATIE 9.7 +
ABR10 +
ATIE 9.1 +
ATIE 9.5 -
ATIE 9.7 -
ABR10 +
ATIE 9.1 +
ATIE 9.5 +
ATIE 9.7 +
ABR10 +
machine with...
ABR10 ABR10
Agent for Agent for
Windows Linux
+ +
+ +
+ +
+ +
+ +
- -
- -
+ +
+ +
+ +
+ +
+ +
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ABR10
Storage
Node
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+