CHAPTER 9.

BACKUP OPERATIONS
This chapter examines the various types of tape and other backup drives on the market. It begins by
looking at tape backup units, describing the capacities of different drives, the system requirements for
installation and use of a tape drive, tape libraries, tape backup upgrades, backup strategies, and
common backup applications.
A tape backup drive is the most simple and efficient device for creating a full backup of a hard disk if
the tape is large enough. With a tape backup drive installed in a computer, you insert a tape into the
drive, start your backup software, and select the drive and files you want to back up. The tape backup
drive takes care of the rest of the job.
DAT drives are often referred to as DDS drives for this reason,Current SDLT drives can store up to
600GB (2:1 compression),Current LTO-3 drives store up to 800GB (2:1 compression).Travan drives,
unlike larger tape backups, fit into a 3.5-inch form factor. A tape backup drive is the most simple and
efficient device for creating a full backup of a hard disk if the tape is large enough. With a tape
backup drive installed in a computer, you insert a tape into the drive, start your backup software, and
select the drive and files you want to back up. The tape backup drive takes care of the rest of the job.
Travan drives, unlike larger tape backups, fit into a 3.5-inch form factor. This backup program
supports the following server operating systems for ATAPI drives: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000
Server, Windows Server 2003, and Linux for ATAPI drives; and Windows 2000 Server and Windows
Server 2003 for USB drives.
Quantum DDS-4 drives use the Ultra 2 SCSI LVD interface, while Hewlett-Packard DDS-4 drives
use the SCSI-2 interface. DDS and DAT 72 drives use helical scan recording. Quantum drives use a
default SCSI ID of 6.Quantum drives use a default SCSI ID of 6, and Hewlett-Packard drives use a
default SCSI ID of 3.You use external terminators with Quantum internal SCSI tape backups if the
drive is at the end of the SCSI daisy-chain. Quantum internal drives fit into half-height 5.25-inch
drive bays.
To determine software compatibility with a particular Hewlett-Packard tape backup drive, you can go
to www.hp.com/go/connect, click Tape Backup, and then click Software Compatibility. Unlike
Quantum's SCSI DDS and DAT 72 drives, which depend on a combination of software drivers and
DIP switches to configure a drive for a particular operating system, Hewlett-Packard tape drives use
software drivers.Hewlett-Packard DDS-3 drives support SCSI IDs 0 through 7; Hewlett-Packard
DDS-4 and DAT 72 drives use a Wide SCSI interface and support SCSI IDs 0 through 15.You use
external terminators with Hewlett-Packard SCSI tape backups if the drive is at the end of the SCSI
daisy-chain. Hewlett-Packard internal drives fit into half-height 5.25-inch drive bays.This enables you
to replace older, smaller drives with newer, larger drives without losing access to older backups.
Current DLT and SDLT Drives and Media,This media can also be read by SDLT drives. You use
external terminators with Quantum internal SCSI tape backups if the drive is at the end of
the SCSI daisy-chain. Quantum internal drives fit into half-height 5.25-inch drive bays.
Configuring and Installing a Hewlett-Packard DDS or DAT 72 Tape Backup DriveUnlike
Quantum's SCSI DDS and DAT 72 drives, which depend on a combination of software
drivers and DIP switches to configure a drive for a particular operating system, HewlettPackard tape drives use software drivers.Hewlett-Packard DDS-3 drives support SCSI IDs
0 through 7; Hewlett-Packard DDS-4 and DAT 72 drives use a Wide SCSI interface and

support SCSI IDs 0 through 15.You use external terminators with Hewlett-Packard SCSI
tape backups if the drive is at the end of the SCSI daisy-chain. Hewlett-Packard internal
drives fit into half-height 5.25-inch drive bays.
This enables you to replace older, smaller drives with newer, larger drives without losing access to
older backups.
Current DLT and SDLT Drives and Media,This media can also be read by SDLT drives. Quantum
internal drives fit into half-height 5.25-inch drive bays. Unlike Quantum's SCSI DDS and DAT 72
drives, which depend on a combination of software drivers and DIP switches to configure a drive for
a particular operating system, Hewlett-Packard tape drives use software drivers.Hewlett-Packard
DDS-3 drives support SCSI IDs 0 through 7; Hewlett-Packard DDS-4 and DAT 72 drives use a Wide
SCSI interface and support SCSI IDs 0 through 15.You use external terminators with HewlettPackard SCSI tape backups if the drive is at the end of the SCSI daisy-chain. Hewlett-Packard
internal drives fit into half-height 5.25-inch drive bays.This enables you to replace older, smaller
drives with newer, larger drives without losing access to older backups.This media can also be read
by SDLT drives. Compared to DDS and DAT72 /tape drives, the configuration of current DLT and
SDLT drives is relatively simple. As with any SCSI drive, if a tape drive is the last drive in the daisychain, it must be terminated. LTO-2 drives are read/write compatible with LTO-1 media. As with DLT
and SDLT drives, configuring LTO Ultrium SCSI drives is relatively simple. An autoloader is an
external device that contains a single tape backup drive and holds anywhere from 8 to 16 tape
cartridges. For best performance, autoloaders as well as single tape backup drives should be
connected to a separate SCSI channel from SCSI drives or RAID arrays.The SCSI device ID for the
driveEach tape drive in a tape library, as well as the library itself, requires a SCSI device ID. For
example, a tape library with two tape drives requires three unique SCSI device IDs.
File Verification in Backup Programs,If the files were open during backup, you need to enable open
file backup with third-party backup software or volume shadow copy backup with
Windows 2003 Server and NTBackup. Restoring Files from a BackupNormally, the backup
program stores a catalog of each backup. Depending on the backup program, a disaster
recovery backup might be based on an image backup or a file-by-file backup.The system
drive (usually the C: drive) is formatted by ASR. Backup or Restore Operation FailureIf
your tape drive suffers a backup or restore operation failure.
Troubleshooting Backup Programs,Backup Product Compatibility.From the standpoint of hardware,
most commercial backup programs support tape drives and leading removable-media and
DVD drives.