Zahid_Haseeb
14 years agoModerator
Howto use Tape compression in NBU Server
Environment
NBU Server = 7
OS = win2008
I am using NBU Server successfully. I have a Tape Drive of HP with 4mm speed. My Tape Cartrige is 4mm with a capicity of 36GB and with compression it...
- 14 years agoNetBackup can not manage drive's hardware compression function. This is managed on OS and driver level - st driver and its device file on most of Unixs, and driver's property on Windows. Check the properties of your drive's driver on Windows Device Manager whether you can set compression on or off. Considering the capacity, enabling both(NBU's software compression and drive's hardware compression) is meaningless. And it is sometimes harmful for backup throughput.