"Manual" restore of off-site tapes

[HangaS]

I tried this approach and it does not work for me.

I can label new tapes on the same slot, but I can't restore from an "old" tape.
I swaped the tapes on the same slot, ejected the current and loaded the "old" one and then I've setup a restore task.

However, the restore task fails without even trying to use it. How can i tell DSS to "rescan" the tape so that it can read the label?


Anyway, is there some way I can just restore ANY tape (as long as it was written by open-e) without having that backup information on the local database.

Imagine a scenario where I have to restore a tape backed up by another open-e on another site.

I know DSS is not a backup server, it is a storage server that also does backups. But it was this feature that made me opt by buying an Open-e server and not a plain storage server and a backup server apart.

I think the internal backup feature is a major differenciator from other products, and I hope that in time it will be improved.

[SuperSAN]

I checked with the our storage guy and he told me to Configuration > Volume Manager >Vol Group and click rescan to recognize the new drive thats after swapping disk.

Remember you will need a separate backup task for each disk drive.

[HangaS]

Hi SuperSan,

I believe that procedure is for detecting new disks. But my issue is with reading tapes (labels) that are no longer on the backup database or that never where.

[willcampos]

Did you find a solution for this?

[HangaS]

Unfortunately no..

And as far as I understood DSS internal backup does not support Scratch Media.

Also the "slot oriented" backup which forces you to have the restore tape in the same slot it was backed up is a major headache for off site backups.