Backup Exec 9.1 and LTO4 drive

[ITfromZX81]

Hi all,

I'm in a new job at a new business and I have discovered we need to radically improve our backup methods.

I'm looking at getting an LTO4 Ultrium drive - 800GB/1.6TB compressed. I alread have approval to upgrade but thre may be an issue with our backup software.

We currently have Backup Exec 9.1 installed. There are no LTO4 drives that I can find listed in the HCL for Backup Exec 9.1 - however, the docs I found on Veritas(now Symantec) support indicate that OEM Microsoft drivers may work fine but are not supported. So I'm in a "maybe it will work" situation.

The drive I'm looking at is an IBM TS2340 Tape Drive Q4 Bundle Kit - unfortunately, it doesn't appear to come with any backup software at all.

Has anyone had success using Backup Exec 9.1 with LTO 4 drives or do I have to either go with a drive that includes basic software or upgrade Backup Exec?

Thanks for the input,

 

[steveot]

9.1 is no longer supported by veritas or just about EOL. So your only option is to instlal 11d

 

[Zelandakh]

The OEM drivers might work but the speed may be dreadful. I found my autoloader ran at about 3MB/min but using the right drivers took me up to about 6GB/min