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morfzzz's avatar
morfzzz
Level 2
3 years ago

Backup Exec 2010 R3

Hi. Is it possible to connect the LTO8 drive to the program Backup Exec 2010 R3?
2010 all revisions
Windows Server 2008 R2
  • PJ_Backup's avatar
    PJ_Backup
    3 years ago

    Hard to say categorically, but very very unlikely. The newest LTO drive mentioned in the BE 2010 R3 Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) is LTO6:
    https://sort.veritas.com/DocPortal/pdf/BE_2010_HCL

    LTO8 is first mentioned in the Backup Exec 16 HCL : https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/article.100040087
    but even here every LTO8 device has a footnote indicating:
    " Required support can be found in "FP2 Hotfix 128051" "

    Further on it mentions:
    "...LTO8 and LTO7 support is very new. Please verify the LTO drives supported..."

    So would recommend upgrading (or realistically doing a fresh install) of the latest version of BE - currently 21.3.

    On reflection I would change 'very very unlikely' to No.

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PJ_Backup
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Hard to say categorically, but very very unlikely. The newest LTO drive mentioned in the BE 2010 R3 Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) is LTO6:
https://sort.veritas.com/DocPortal/pdf/BE_2010_HCL

LTO8 is first mentioned in the Backup Exec 16 HCL : https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/article.100040087
but even here every LTO8 device has a footnote indicating:
" Required support can be found in "FP2 Hotfix 128051" "

Further on it mentions:
"...LTO8 and LTO7 support is very new. Please verify the LTO drives supported..."

So would recommend upgrading (or realistically doing a fresh install) of the latest version of BE - currently 21.3.

On reflection I would change 'very very unlikely' to No.

morfzzz's avatar
morfzzz
Level 2
3 years ago

Tell me how can I update my program (Backup Exec 2010 R3) to the correct version?