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Backup file format on disk or on tape

dav1
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Hello Team,

What is the extension of backed up file on disk or on tape.

Is Netbackup backed up file on disk in native format? Or on tape in .bkf extention?
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RiaanBadenhorst
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NetBackup uses a modified version of tar to create the backup images on tape and disk.

Nicolai
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Since Veritas uses a modifyed version of GNU tar, the source code has to be released as open source as well.

https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.100023715

This is no longer true. NetBackup 8.x has its own nbtar component that was developed in clean-room isolation from the old tar in 7.x. Even that only applied to Linux and Unix variants. NetBackup 7.x did not use the open source tar for Windows.