Getting started on using tape device
This article applies to:
- Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Advanced Server
- Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Advanced Server SBS
- Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Advanced Workstation
- Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Virtual Edition
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Connecting tape device
- Connect the console to local Acronis Agent or to Acronis Management server and go to Tape management;
- Press Detect tape devices to start tape detection:
- You will see the tape devices that the product detected:
Full inventorying
If your tape device is not a standalone drive, perform inventorying to detect and organize tapes.
- Go to Tape management and click Inventory:
- Select Full inventorying method:
If some of the tapes contain data that you do not need, check the option Move newly detected tapes from the "Unrecognized tapes" to the "Free tapes" pool.
As a result of inventorying, tapes are distributed to the following pools:
| Tape was used by... | Tape is read by... | Tape is sent to pool... |
|---|---|---|
| Agent | The same Agent | where the tape was before |
| another Agent | Imported tapes | |
| Storage Node | Imported tapes | |
| Storage Node | the same Storage Node | where the tape was before |
| another Storage Node | Imported tapes | |
| Agent | Imported tapes | |
| third-party backup application | Agent or Storage Node | Unrecognized tapes |
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