It can help create multiple partitions with 2-4 tape drives and add these partitions to different tape servers. Size the servers and storage connections accordingly to be able to handle the expected throughput. Tape Server Sizingįor the highest throughput, enabling parallel processing for the Backup to Tape is recommended. Please see the Helpcenter for more information.
VEEAM BACKUP TO TAPE FULL
NDMP backups to tape are limited to 10 restore points before a full backup is required.There are several key limitations of Files-to-tape (F2T) jobs that should be considered: Files-to-tapeįiles-to-tape backups allow for files and NDMP backups to be sent directly to a tape or tape library. This does not include Veeam File-To-Tape jobs nor NDMP backups, which are just a special type of File-2-Tape. With multiple repository servers, the network bandwidth between repository and tape server needs to be taken into account. The Repository and Tape server roles can be combined in a single-server scenario, as repository resource requirements are usually higher than tape server resource requirements.
The diagram below illustrates the main components and processes within the backup infrastructure when tape support is implemented in Veeam Backup & Replication for: This site uses Just the Docs, a documentation theme for Jekyll.
VEEAM BACKUP TO TAPE WINDOWS
Backup Repository HA using Windows Storage Replica.