Before running on-demand or scheduled archives, note these additional tape considerations:
Tape Consideration |
Description |
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Purge option |
The archive purge option is not supported. |
Compression option |
If the tape device is configured for hardware compression, it is recommended that you run archives without compression. Since the appliance doesn’t have to compress the data, archives run more quickly. |
Encryption option |
If the tape device is configured for encryption, archives are encrypted regardless of this setting. |
For multi-tape archives |
All tapes configured for the archive job are labeled as part of the archive and must be rotated as a set. All tapes must be available to restore data. See Managing tape inventory for details. |
Tape devices with barcodes |
On tape devices that support barcodes, the system recognizes the barcode as soon as you insert the tape into the library. The system supports a mixed usage of tapes for barcodes. |