12-02-2013 02:01 PM
Dropped an LTO tape. What is the recommended or best practice for this? After I verify it is not broken via a visual inspection what do other admins do? I heard that I need to duplicate the tape and then discard the dropped one? Re-tension the tape (the person was not familiar with LTO not needing this),
I am wondering what Symantec recommends or what the other backup admins out there do.
Karen Grider
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12-02-2013 02:42 PM
12-02-2013 02:42 PM
12-02-2013 04:24 PM
Hello,
As mph999 said, you really don't want to keep using that tape. If you can duplicate the data or make a new tape from data on disk, that would be best. If you do find that the tape is damaged, and you have no way of making a new tape, you will need to contact a data recovery group and have them pull the data off.
12-03-2013 12:15 AM
Put the tape on the shelve and bin after data has expired. The change you need the tape for restore are high the first couple of days. After the changes are very small.
Personally I would not use time for duplication - but that's mine personal opinion.