• AWS VTL Tape Library showing OFFLINE after restarting NetVault Server

    Hi Everyone,

    I added AWS VTL to my NetVault Backup two weeks ago. 

    I am working on to set up backup jobs to AWS VTL. 

    Today, I have restarted my NetVault Backup to install Windows updates. After restart, AWS Tape Library is showing OFFLINE.

    I tried to make…

  • Why tapes write half of the data to tape and jumps to other tape to write remaining data?

    Hi Everyone,

    I created two tapes of 5TiB of each in AWS.

    I have a backup job which backups up 1.25 TB of data.

    When I start the backup job, it is selecting the tape and writing the half of the data on 1st Tape(413 Gb) and jumping to other tape to write…

  • How to setup backup jobs to store data in DR storage (as phase1) , to TapeLibrary (as phase2) and to AWS VTL (as phase 3)

    Hi Everyone,

    I have a requirement to set up the backup jobs at three levels phase1,2 and 3.

    here,

    phase 1 ( NetVault -> DR)

    phase 2 ( DR->Tape Library LTO7)

    phase 3 ( DR-> AWS VTL)

    The  current setup we have is NetVault backups data to DR and…

  • Can I REUSE available FREE space of AWS VTL Tape for my next backup job

    Hi Everyone,

    I recently setup VTL in AWS and created 2 tapes each with 300 GB of capacity.

    I have a backup job which backs up nearly 360 GB of data to AWS VTL. After running the backup job, it stored the data  on 1st tape (300GB) and used  2nd tape to write…

  • Netvault backup setup with AWS

    The below link allow you to setup backup using Dell NetVault with AWS. 

     

    • Configuring the NetValut backup software to work with VTL devices
    • Backing up Data to a tape in the NetVault backup software
    • Archiving a Tape by using the Netvault backup software…