I am setting up a HP G2 Autoloader tape library that includes a tape barcode reader and have done the following: -
I have partitioned the 8 tape slots as follows (only slots using 6-7 atm)
Slot 1 - cleaning slot
Slot 2 - not used
Slot 3 & 4 - for testing
Slot 5 - Mon & Wed differential backups (Wed appends)
Slot 6 - Tue & Thur differential backups (Thur appends)
Slot 7 & 8 - Friday’s full backup
we are using Symantec Backup Exec 10d SP3 under Windows Server 2003 SP2
Problems: -
1. I have setup the partition for Friday's backup to contain 2 tapes because soon the backup will require 2 tapes. I need a way of setting the order in which the tapes are used because atm the autoloader will pick the 2nd tape if it's scratch media but I need it to always pick slot 7 first and then slot 8 if it needs the 2nd tape. Is this possible?
2. What can be done with the barcode reader? At the moment I'm just using it to scan the tapes after they have been loaded. Is there anything fancy the barcode reader can do?
3. The tape drive contains what’s called a Mail-slot, any idea what this is used for as I can find little information on it.
Cheers
I have partitioned the 8 tape slots as follows (only slots using 6-7 atm)
Slot 1 - cleaning slot
Slot 2 - not used
Slot 3 & 4 - for testing
Slot 5 - Mon & Wed differential backups (Wed appends)
Slot 6 - Tue & Thur differential backups (Thur appends)
Slot 7 & 8 - Friday’s full backup
we are using Symantec Backup Exec 10d SP3 under Windows Server 2003 SP2
Problems: -
1. I have setup the partition for Friday's backup to contain 2 tapes because soon the backup will require 2 tapes. I need a way of setting the order in which the tapes are used because atm the autoloader will pick the 2nd tape if it's scratch media but I need it to always pick slot 7 first and then slot 8 if it needs the 2nd tape. Is this possible?
2. What can be done with the barcode reader? At the moment I'm just using it to scan the tapes after they have been loaded. Is there anything fancy the barcode reader can do?
3. The tape drive contains what’s called a Mail-slot, any idea what this is used for as I can find little information on it.
Cheers