USB2 Tape Drives

[alan_Bell]

I have backupexec 9.1 running on Windows 2003 SBS, and want to use a USB2 AIT2 drive from Sony.

The OS sees the device as a tape drive, but 9.1 does not find it when "add drive" is selected.

Have I bought a drive that is not supported by 9.1?

Is there a fix?

Should I use the firewire option that the drive supports

answers pleas on a postcard...

[Ken_Putnam]

According to the HCL at http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/271382.htm
the only device types supported are SCSI and ATAPI

[Shyam_Sundar]

Hello,

Backup Exec does not support USB tape drives. Only USB Hard drives are supported. Please check the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL).



http://support.veritas.com/docs/271382

USB interrfaced harddrives are supported only if they appear as a drive letter in Windows Explorer.


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