IS THE BACKUP EXEC 12 DOES NOT TAKE THE BACKUP DIRECTLY ON TAPE

[roh234]

some one told me that backup exec 2012 does not takee the backup directly to tape.first you need to take the backup on disk then it will be on tape

[pkh]

No. This is not true.  You can backup directly to tape with BE 2012.

[roh234]

ohk thanks

[CraigV · Accepted solution]

...if you're backing up databases for instance, then it's advised that you backup-to-disk first, and then duplicate to tape. This is purely for restore purposes. In the case of Exchange for instance, if you run a GRT backup to tape, it would need to stage the entire Information Store to disk first, and then restore from there.

Having the primary backup running to disk first eliminates this need. And...it depends on whether or not you have disk capacity. Other than that, whomever told you that ANY version of BE won't backup to tape directly is talking rubbish!

[roh234]

i am going to back up the VM in which DATABASE is installed and exchange and Ad Server is on physical server,

so what will you suggest me in this case

[pkh]

If you have sufficient disk space, backup to disk first and then duplicate the backup to tape.  Otherwise, just backup directly to tape.