Backing Up To A Locally Attached Tape Device; Understanding Backup To Tape Devices Attached To The Backup Server - ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE ECHO - ENTERPRISE SERVER User Manual

3.8.1 Backing up to a locally attached tape device

Backup to a locally attached tape device can be performed using either Acronis True
Image Echo Enterprise Server local version or bootable media.
Only SCSI tape drives are supported when backing up in this mode. Tape libraries and
autoloaders are not supported.
When working with locally attached tape drives, you do not need the RSM service
(opposing to the Backup Server, where you do need to use RSM for tape management).
Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server local version will disable the RSM service on
your computer while backing up to a locally attached tape device.
To enable backup to a locally attached tape device with Acronis True Image Echo
Enterprise Server local version:
1. Install Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server local version.
2. Attach the tape device to the computer.
3. If the tape contains data, its contents will be overwritten on prompt. You have an
option to disable prompts, see
4. When creating a backup task, you will be able to select the tape device from the list of
destination devices. Filenames for backups are not needed when backing up to tape.
5. As soon as the tape is full, a dialog window with a request to insert a new tape will
appear.
You might experience short pauses that are required to rewind the tape. Low-quality or
old tape, as well as dirt on the magnetic head, might lead to pauses that can last up to
several minutes.
Limitations for a locally attached tape device
A full backup can be stored on an empty tape only. If you use tape that already contains
data, its contents will be overwritten.
Acronis True Image Agent doesn't support a locally attached tape device. If you want to
back up to tape via Acronis True Image Agent, select the tape device attached to the
Backup Server as the backup location.
A tape cannot store two and more archives: thus the following scenarios are not possible:
• Two full backups on one tape (only a full backup and its incremental
backups\differential backup)
• Two archives of different backup type, for example the first archive is a disk
archive, and the second one is a file-level archive.
3.8.2 Understanding backup to tape devices attached to the Backup
Server
Archives cataloguing
Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server creates a dedicated database for archives and
tapes cataloguing (\Program files\Common Files\Acronis\Fomatik\tape_archives.fdb.)
Each tape of an RSM-managed device has its own GUID stored in the Windows registry.
Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server creates its own ID for each tape, sets up the
correspondence between this ID and the RSM GUID and stores that information along
with information about the archive in its own database. Additionally, the program stores
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