old tapes

[nschuet]

Hi,

I have some random older tapes sitting around (from before my time) and was wondering if there is a way to simply browse through them to see if there is anything important on there before being destoyed.

Thanks

- N

[CraigV]

Hi,

Assuming LTO, the rule of thumb for this is as follows:

* LTO will write 1 version back, ie. LTO5 will write to LTO5 and LTO4 tapes;

* LTO will read 2 versions back, ie. LTO5 will read LTO5,4 & 3 tapes

As long as you can read the tapes on a hardware level, you'd simply put the tape into the drive and run a Catalog job. This puts the data into the BEDB, and you can then browse the tape from a Restore tab for instance.

Thanks!

[nschuet]

Hi,

Thanks for the quick reply.

I was able to catalogue the tape. Do I need to know which server backup is contained on the disk in order to select from "Backup and Restore" tab?

[CraigV]

Either the tape name or the date range should do.

Thanks!

[pkh · Accepted solution]

You can go to the Storage tab, click on the tape and see the backup sets in the tape.