Want to create an ignite tape using a tape drive on a remote server

[Jay_122]

I need to create an ignite tape on a server that has no tape drive. We have a second HP server that does. Can I use the tape drive on that server?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Jay

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

Not directly. Make_tape_recovery requires a local tape drive; however, you can setup a box as as Ignite server and do a make_net_recovery.

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Jay,

you cannot. You need a local tape drive to create a ignite archive. You can look into creating a network archive if you have a central ignite server.

Hope this helps.

Regds

[MarkSyder]

Once you have created the network recovery, you can save it to tape and it should be the same as a tape created with make_tape_recovery.

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)

[Jay_122]

Thanks for all the help