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Quest DR Series Appliance VTL

Veeam Ready - Tape
Alliance Partner:

Quest Software, Inc.
Alliance Product:

DR Series Appliance VTL
Program Category:

Veeam Ready - Tape
Category Description:

Tape solutions based on LTO or Jaguar that have been qualified as compatible with Veeam Backup & Replication's tape features and operations.
Article ID:

123
Veeam Product(s):
  • Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 1
Features and Attributes:
  • Backup Target - Tape
Publication date:

2017-04-18
Last modified date:

2020-08-13

Solution

Product Details:

Model number: DR4300, DR4300e and DR6300
Library Firmware Version 0104
Drive firmware version: 0104
Driver for tape drive: 6.2.4.8
Driver for media changer: (Veeam Option: Use native SCSI commands instead of Windows driver)
Media type tested: DR-VTL
Additional Support:

General product family overview:
DR’s Virtual Tape Library (VTL) is an emulation of a physical tape library (SUN/STK L700) on a disk-based deduplication and compression system such as the DR Series system. The tape library is exposed to a Data Management Application (DMA) as if it is a physical library with tape drives and cartridges, which the application uses for backup.

Veeam testing configuration:

Veeam Build Number: 9.5.0.823

 

Vendor recommended configuration:

Vendor Settings:

  • Changer gets detected as "Unknown Medium Changer" and it is supported for Veeam. Just need to change the changer properties in Veeam to use native SCSI commands.
  • DR series system using iSCSI to access VTL
  • IBM tape Drivers are mandatory to install for Drives and can be downloaded from IBM site: Driver name - IBMTape.x64_w12R2_6248_WHQL_Cert

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