D2D 2504i G1 (EJ002A) + StorageWorks LTO-4 Ultrium 1840 (EH854A)

[kelevra]

Hello Everybody,

this is my first post on this forum.
First of all sorry for my English.
I need some help :-)

We have a StorageWorks D2D 2504i G1 (EJ002A) used by Symantec Backup Exec 2012 for the backup jobs.
Can i attach a StorageWorks LTO-4 Ultrium 1840 SCSI external tape drive (EH854A) for extras backup jobs, such as a monthly full backup?
Anyone use a configuration like this?
Is there any known problem with this configuration?

Thanks to all

[Emil Velez_2]

this applianc e acts like a large tape library for backups to use. since this is a g1 model you can attach a tape dribe or library for tape offload but that is done by the d2d itself

[kelevra]

Thanks for reply.
So the physical tape it's not visible by Symantec Backup Exec but it can be managed only through the D2D.

Can I manually duplicate a virtual tape on a physical one?

Thanks.

[TarunJain]

Backup Exec doesn't knows what is physical or what is virtual. What is the size of the Virtual Tapes defined? Is it smaller or similar to LTO4?

[kelevra]

The virtual tapes size is 800 GB like an LTO4.