Any dlt read software tape

Oyeve Lifer. Oct 18, 21, Originally posted by: TGS Edit: lol damn damien suckered me into an old thread. Depending on if you have certain backup windows to meet, and doubting if you are really getting compression on backups, ever think about an inexpensive ATA solution? That is if you have server hardware that you can configure like this.

There was a nice increase, though the biggest boost was moving from two 2-Drive units to two 5-Drive units. Though it wasn't until we started to do mailbox level backups to disk could we meet our windows.

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By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies. Accept Learn more…. Whilst the tape was reliable, there were a number of problems, which meant there was the requirement for a whole range of DLT tape recovery solutions to be developed.

After many years of research and development, we now have a suite of software and hardware tape recovery solutions to recover your DLT tape in the event of a problem or failure. One of the most common problems seen, was failure of the tape drive or tape cartridge. Tapes could become tangled in the tape drive or tape media cartridge; other issues occurred when the tape leader snapped or the tapes developed media flaws.

The huge popularity also saw many incidents from accidental errors by the user, requiring recovery from initialized and overwritten DLT tapes. These are just some of the problems we regularly see, requiring us to recover data from DLT tapes.

To speak to a tape recovery specialist and get your tape data recovered, contact us now. We are available 24 hours a day. Veritas NetBackup Archive. Windows Server Failure Doncaster. Apple Malware Issue Rotherham. Hard Drive Platter Storage Architecture. I'm not sure how it was created. Getting list of files Doeas anyone have any suggestions? Am I going about this all wrong? Thanks, Gus Sure, let me just drop everything and work on your problem.

All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Acclaimed Contributor. Your attempt using dd was the correct approach to determine the data format. A little better approach might have been to specify a blocksize, e. Because your dd failed completely, I suspect that you are trying to read imcompatible media.

Dd should have been able to read something regardless of the software used to back up the data. If it ain't broke, I can fix that.