VERITAS NetBackup Series User Manual

About backup to tape
support
This chapter includes the following topics:
■ About backup to tape support for NetBackup appliances
About backup to tape support for NetBackup
appliances
NetBackup appliances support backups to tape so that you can connect one or
more tape libraries to them with Fibre Channel. The appliances use a Fibre Channel
host bus adapter card (FC HBA) for connection to a TLD tape storage device.
On NetBackup 53xx applainces, slots 2 or 3 can be used for connection to a tape
library (tape out).
If you use a tape library as storage, create a separate zone for that traffic. The tape
storage zone should include the following FC HBA ports:
■ A port or ports on the FC HBA card in slot 3 of a 52xx appliance.
■ A port or ports on the FC HBA card in slots 2 or 3 of a 53xx appliance.
■ A port or ports on the tape library.
If you duplicate backup images from a tape library to a NetBackup 5020 or 5030
deduplication appliance, traffic occurs as follows:
■ Fibre Channel between the tape library and the 52xx or 53xx appliance.
■ Fibre Transport between the 52xx or 53xx appliance and the 5020 or 5030
deduplication appliance.
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VERITAS NetBackup Series Specifications

General

Replication	Yes
Deduplication	Yes
Encryption	Yes
Backup Types	Full, Incremental, Differential
Storage Support	Disk, Tape, Cloud
Compression	Yes
High Availability	Yes
Disaster Recovery	Yes
Operating System	Linux
Vendor	VERITAS
Product	NetBackup
Protocols	NDMP, OST
Cloud Integration	AWS, Azure, Google Cloud
Scalability	Yes
Management Interface	Web-based, CLI
API Support	Yes
Use Case	Enterprise Backup and Recovery