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 Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:38 am Post subject: Question regarding a tape backup and changing SCSI host adap |
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Hi.
I have a tape backup system (Overland autoloader) that we've been using
for a while (>2yrs) and we need to move it to another server. The only
thing is that we need to use a different SCSI card. (PCI-X to a PCIe
type card). Would changing the card vendor render our previous tape
backups unreadable? We are currently using Veritas Backup for Windows
Servers. If anyone has any experience with this type of situation, I'd
like to hear from you.
Thank You,
Irnie |
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Rob Turk
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| Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 1:47 pm Post subject: Re: Question regarding a tape backup and changing SCSI host |
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<irnie57@gmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Hi.
I have a tape backup system (Overland autoloader) that we've been using
for a while (>2yrs) and we need to move it to another server. The only
thing is that we need to use a different SCSI card. (PCI-X to a PCIe
type card). Would changing the card vendor render our previous tape
backups unreadable? We are currently using Veritas Backup for Windows
Servers. If anyone has any experience with this type of situation, I'd
like to hear from you.
Thank You,
Irnie
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Your previous backups will be just fine. The SCSI host adapter is just a
transparant transport for SCSI commands and data, it has no knowledge of the
tape layout.
The only caveat you may need to address is if your current backups use large
blocksizes (>64K or >128K). You new adapter may require a registry change to
support large data transfers. Here's the Veritas support bulletins
describing the possible issue:
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/270178.htm
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/278934.htm
Rob |
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Michael Hawes
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| Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 3:57 am Post subject: Re: Question regarding a tape backup and changing SCSI host |
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<irnie57@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1162608789.338274.305010@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | Hi.
I have a tape backup system (Overland autoloader) that we've been using
for a while (>2yrs) and we need to move it to another server. The only
thing is that we need to use a different SCSI card. (PCI-X to a PCIe
type card). Would changing the card vendor render our previous tape
backups unreadable? We are currently using Veritas Backup for Windows
Servers. If anyone has any experience with this type of situation, I'd
like to hear from you.
Thank You,
Irnie
Should not be a problem. |
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