Backing Up To Tape Drive - ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE SERVER 8.0 User Manual

General program information
3.6

Backing up to tape drive

The current version of Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows supports SCSI
tape drives. It can store images on and restore them from tape, store large images
to multiple tapes, and append incremental images on to a tape with the existing
images.
If you have a SCSI tape drive connected to your server, the list of devices available
for image storage and restoration will be extended with a name corresponding to
the drive type.
Images are created on and restored from tapes in the same way as from other
devices, with the following exceptions.
1. If you are to use data tapes previously used by other programs, their contents
will be cleared
2. A new, full image can be stored on an empty tape only. If you use tapes that
already contain data, their contents will be cleared and overwritten
3. Incremental images can be appended to the tape containing the previous image,
either full, or incremental
4. You don't have to provide a filename to store an image on or restore it from a
tape
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 long.
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