This is a blog post taking for Veeam v12 Tape Enhancement
LTO 9 Support
Tape Server on Linux
- Not recommended running on hardened linux repository
- Put on a separate Linux machine
- Linux uses SCSI drivers used
- Tested on IBM
- Support x64 system only. Same as VBR repository/proxy in v12
New File to tape job
- Require to license - VUL
- 1 instance = 500GB
- Allow to backup directly to tape using file to tape job
- Better performance & optimization (parallel tape drive support, database optimization, backup and enumeration run at same time, asynchronous read)
- Retain permission like NAS Backup
- Cross ACL restore is not supported (Windows to Windows/Linux to Linux)
- Path exclusion supported
- Console display for file to tape job (file share). Able to restore file to tape job
- V12 last backup time is stored in UTC format
NAS Backup to Tape
- Avoid load on production NAS storage
- Fulfill 3-2-1
- Source -> NAS backup to Disk -> File to Tape
- NAS backup/and or NAS backup copy as source
- Tape job always writes latest restore point to tape
- NAS backup to tape does not support GFS
- A periodic full backup is available for file to tape/NAS to tape
- Files are store in native format. Restore files as files
- Does not consume license for NAS to tape
Other tape enhancement
- Support backup object storage to tape
- Daily GFS & Monthly media set
- Display current activity on tape drives
- Eject after inventory or catalog
- Audit for tapes
- Windows event
- File from tape restore audit
- General options > security > audit logs location
- Default to C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Backup\Audit
