Copy Using A Tape Drive Attached To The Host; Requirements; Tape Drives Supported; Archive From Host To Tape Process - HP StorageWorks D2D100 - Backup System User Manual

9 Copy using a tape drive attached
to the host
In this chapter:
• "Requirements" on page 143
• "Using a tape drive connected to
• "Compression" on page 144

Requirements

If you wish to copy data from the HP D2D Backup System to a tape drive connected to the host machine,
you need:
• A separate tape device, such as a full-height or half-height HP StorageWorks Ultrium LTO tape
drive, that can be connected directly to your host.
• A backup application, running on the host, that allows you to copy data from the cartridge on
your HP D2D Backup System to the physical cartridge.
NOTE:
It is not possible to export and import data using this method. Export and import are only
supported on tape drives that are connected directly to the HP D2D Backup System. See
"Using Tape Attach" on page 121

Tape drives supported

The HP StorageWorks Ultrium LTO–2, –3 or –4 tape drives are the ideal devices for all copying processes
because the physical cartridge sizes match the maximum configured cartridge sizes on the HP D2D
Backup System. However, by spanning across several tapes, you can also use a tape drive with a lower
capacity, such as an HP StorageWorks DAT 72 tape drive. If your backup application will not allow you
to span tapes, you may want to use the Web Management Interface to reduce the maximum configured
cartridge size on the HP D2D Backup System. However, you must do this when you first create the library
or additional slots and before you have used the library in any way with your backup application. See
"To edit maximum cartridge
NOTE:
Always refer to
tape drive models are recommended.

Archive from host to tape process

This process is controlled by the backup application. For example, HP StorageWorks Data Protector
Express calls it a Copy job.
host" on page 143
size" on page 96.
http://www.hp.com/go/connect or http://www.hp.com/go/ebs
D2D Backup System HP D2D2503
to find out which
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