Tape Drive

[handian.sudianto]

Hello,

If i have 4 tape drive, can we assign 3 for backup and one standby for restore operation?

[david.domask]

Hi Handian,

Sure, it's pretty common. You can disable the stand-by drive and keep it from being used for backup jobs if you need a restore. Similarly, if your tape hardware supports library partitioning, you can create a partition with just the drive you intend to use for restores and load the necessary tapes to that partition, and then restore from within Veeam.

[handian.sudianto]

Hello David,

Let say 4th drive is disabled, when backup is ruuning then VBR will use 3 drives.
On same time when the backup is running i also want to restore the VM. This can be done by enabling the 4th drive? Or when i enable the 4th drive, this drive will automatically use for backup purpose?

[david.domask]

Hi Handian,

In this scenario, the drive would be eligible for use with backup if the drive is not engaged in an activity. So a bit of planning would be required for the operation; if this is a scenario you envision causing difficulties, then a separate partition for now would be the best option.