Tape drive compatible with EMC Networker

emc doesn't provide physical tape to buy it ,, i can buy only VTL and i need tape device physical not virtual

thank you alot every one for reply , but can you suggest model to use in my case

Hello.

I don't undestand when you say that EMC "doesn't support tape". Physical tape always has been supported with emc networker.

Here are the latest hardware and software compatibility guides.  The hardware compatibility guide will show you what tape drive and jukebox are compatible with NetWorker.

     EMC NetWorker Hardware Compatibility Guide

     https://www.emc.com/collateral/TechnicalDocument/docu34173.pdf

     EMC NetWorker Software Compatibility Guide

     For NetWorker prior to 8.1:  https://www.emc.com/collateral/TechnicalDocument/docu35302.pdf    

     For NetWorker 8.1 and later:  http://compatibilityguide.emc.com:8080/CompGuideApp/

NetWorker continues to perform qualifications on new tape drives to ensure that it can work with the latest tape drives.

And although not all jukeboxes (tape libraries or autochangers) are listed, it is usually considered that NetWorker will support any jukebox that the operating system will support.

Finally, with very few exceptions, NetWorker treats physical and virtual tape libraries in the same manner.

Hope this helps.

P.D.

Here you can check compatibility:

https://www.emc.com/collateral/TechnicalDocument/docu34173.pdf

If you are looking at a tape that can hold 10 TB, then one possible choice could be an LTO-7 media.  This can hold 6 TB native (uncompressed) and up to 16 TB compressed (using 2:1 ratio).  Please look at the following for more information on LTO technology:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_Tape-Open

Another article has info that compares various tape technologies:  http://www.lascon.co.uk/Tape-drive-comparisons.php

Please discuss with your EMC sales rep, who may be able to discuss and provide you with additional information on your tape storage needs.

Remember that EMC is now part of Dell..and DellEMC sells libraries...

Buy  LTO7 tape library... how many drives? it depends on how much money you are supposed to spend, TB to backup, and your backup window.

If you do not like tapes you must not necessarily use them. Just clone the backups to a disk device (AFTD) and move it to the remote site.

i contact with emc and sales man told me thy work only in VTL

kindly i need to LTO-7 media in any model of tape drive in IBM and rough price ?????

((Just clone the backups to a disk device (AFTD) )) what is AFTD ?????

I found the following for Dell tape backup solutions:

     http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/tape-backup-products

Near the bottom of that page, you will find "Resources and Shopping Help". Under that, you should find the assistance you need.

AFTD stands for Advanced file type device.  This type of NetWorker device is used for backups to a disk device.  Please refer to this document for additional information, as well as the NetWorker Administrator guide.

     EMC® NetWorker Best Practices for Backup-To-Disk devices in NetWorker 8.0

     https://support.emc.com/docu47006_Best-Practices-for-Backup-to-Disk-Devices-in-NetWorker-8.0-Technical-Note.pdf?language=en_US