Play nice with LTFS?

[pkelly_sts]

I'm considering deploying LTFS on one of our sites using a spare/dedicated library but, ideally, on the same backup server.

I know Veeam has issues with BExec on the same server but does/can it play nicely with LTFS on the same server? Does anyone here use LTFS alongside Veeam or am I going to have to consider having a dedicated server for it?

[Edit: This would be using either an HP MSL 2024 or MSL 4048]

[Dima P.]

Paul,

Correct me if I wrong, I was under impression that LTFS built in requires additional (or different) drivers for you library.

[pkelly_sts]

That's actually a very good point, so that would imply that it should have no issues running alongside Veeam, when using a dedicated library?

[Dima P.]

I am not sure that LTFS driver will be recognized by our tape proxy component, will check with QA and try to test it. Follow up shortly.

[Gostev]

On the other hand, I always thought LTFS can simply be mounted as a regular disk? Which is its biggest benefit over LTO anyway. So, you won't even need all this LTO tape support complexity.

[pkelly_sts]

Indeed, it's just that experience shows that different backup software on the same server tends to cause conflicts but it's likely that, as you say, this will be seen as a disk rather than tape library so no such conflict. I more just querying whether it had been tested by anyone already.