Partitioned tape library and restores
We have been considering changing our backup scheme and are exploring the possibility of partitioning our tape library so certain backup jobs will only backup to tapes in particular partitions (slots...
Partitions aren;t for everyone. They worked well for me, but others don't use them. No real wrong way of doing it.
As long as the tape/s for restores are present in the library, a Scan/Inventory (possibly Catalog first depending on whether or not the catalogs of those tapes were purged) is all you need. They don't need to be in the same slots as they do for backups.
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