Chapter 1: System Description
Best Practices
Quantum DXi4700 User’s Guide
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The
Virtual Tape Library (VTL)
license allows virtual devices such as the media changer and tape drive to be
exposed to the attached Fibre Channel hosts. (License key for 32 VTDs is pre-installed on all DXi4700 VTL
and Multi-Protocol systems.)
Backup Application Specific (Path to Tape)
The
Backup Application Specific
license allows you to export virtual media directly to a maximum of 3
concurrent path-to-tape physical tape drives using Backup Application Specific NDMP or OST Direct to
Tape. (License key is pre-installed on all DXi4700 Multi-Protocol systems.)
The Backup Application Specific option works with the following backup applications:
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Veritas NetBackup 7.1.x and higher — direct-to-tape feature
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Veritas Backup Exec 2010 R3 and higher
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EMC Networker
Note:
EMC NetWorker 8.1 and later do not support Backup Application Specific Path to Tape.
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Oracle Secure Backup 10.3
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ASG-Time Navigator
Note:
For more information, see the
DXi-Series Backup Application Specific Path to Tape
Configuration Guide
(6-67211).
