Any LTO tape software experts here?

[Chris Wilson]

Any LTO tape experts here?
Anyone know why it seems impossible to create an OS system drive image direct to tape? It appears all the software that supports Windows 7 64 bit Pro either will not do this, or doing so results in errors. It seems the recommended way is to image to another hard drive, and then store said image to tape. To REstore they suggest copying the image from tape to a spare HD, then restoring from that. Anyone know WHY this convoluted procedure is required or recommended, as I am curious as to the reasoning. Thanks.

 

[anything I don't mind]

Any LTO tape experts here?
Anyone know why it seems impossible to create an OS system drive image direct to tape? It appears all the software that supports Windows 7 64 bit Pro either will not do this, or doing so results in errors. It seems the recommended way is to image to another hard drive, and then store said image to tape. To REstore they suggest copying the image from tape to a spare HD, then restoring from that. Anyone know WHY this convoluted procedure is required or recommended, as I am curious as to the reasoning. Thanks.

What backup software are you using? This would be a feature of backup/imaging software and not a limitation of the lto tape technology.

I use arcserve with lto 5 and there is no feature to image computers directly to tape. You could however get drive image software and save an image to disk, then backup the files after the imaging has completed to tape.

 

[PurplePhoenix]

You can do this in DPM Disk to disk to tape. Just add the c drive of the client into DPM and add to a protection group.

If you need a quick back up create a vhd clone of the client.