Tape devices configured for the software are shown in the Tape Storage folder.


If your product is licensed for tape devices and there is at least one LTO-3 or greater tape device (library or standalone drive) attached to the system, the software can be configured to write archived data to tape using a disk-to-disk-to-tape scenario. First the data is deduplicated and written to a Store using a Protection Plan. Then a tape vaulting task reformats the deduplicated data and streams it to tape in the form of a Vault. Because the data remains in its deduplicated state, tape usage is just a fraction of what it would be otherwise.


After adding and activating a tape device license key two new folders will appear under the Tape Storage folder: All Volume Sets and All Tape Vaults.


See Tape Device for more information.