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Karl Gechlik
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 Can we simulate a library with multiple tape drives?
LTO Tape, LTO3 Tape Drive, LTO3 tape library, Tape drives, Windows, Windows Server 2008 R2
We have several LTO3 tape drives instead of purchasing a library can we make use of the 4 drives like a library to span tapes without having to load new ones? Using Backup Exec 12 on Win 2008 R2.

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ASKED: September 27, 2010  6:28 PM
UPDATED: September 28, 2010  7:32 AM
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I think what you are looking to do is create a "Cascading Drive Pool" I know it was in earlier versions of the software but I'm not 100% sure about 12.0. Note: the drives must be the same, kind of like you need matching hard drives in a RAID the same goes for the Cascading Drive Pools.
Last Wiki Answer Submitted:  September 28, 2010  7:31 am  by  Tritech   95 pts.
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