Backing up a machine to a locally attached tape device

Prerequisites

• The tape device is attached to the machine in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.
• The backup agent is installed on the machine.

Before backing up

1. Load tapes to the tape device.
2. Log in to the backup console.
3. In Settings > Tape management, expand the machine node, and then click Tape devices.
4. Ensure that the attached tape device is displayed. If it is not, click Detect devices.

5. Perform the tape inventory:

   1. Click the tape device name.

   2. Click Inventory to detect the loaded tapes. Keep Full inventory turned on. Do not turn on Move unrecognized or imported tapes to the 'Free tapes' pool. Click Start inventorying now.

      Result. The loaded tapes have been moved to proper pools as specified in the "Inventorying" section.

      Full inventorying of an entire tape device may take a long time.

   3. If the loaded tapes were sent to the Unrecognized tapes or Imported tapes pool and you want to use them for backing up, move such tapes to the Free tapes pool manually.

      Tapes sent to the Imported tapes pool contain backups written by Acronis software . Before moving such tapes to the Free tapes pool, ensure that you do not need these backups.

Backing up

Create a backup plan as described in the "Backup" section. When specifying the backup location, select Tape pool 'Acronis'.

Results

• To access the location where backups will be created, click Backups > Tape pool 'Acronis'.
• Tapes with the backups will be moved to the Acronis pool.