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How to copy LTO6 tape data to a new LTO8 tape ?

David Huang over 2 years ago

Hello ,

I want to copy LTO 6 tapes data to a new LTO8 tape ,but I don't know how to do it . Please let me know.

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David

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Jose Maria Basilio over 2 years ago in reply to David Huang +1 suggested

Hello David You have everything described into online help, anyway if you open a support case please provide me the case number and will provide to you more details. Best Regards

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0 Eblyn Solis over 2 years ago

hello,

with LTO 8 , you can read LTO 6, but if you want to copy only need 2 tape drives, one LTO 6 and LTO8.

do you have it?

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0 David Huang over 2 years ago in reply to Eblyn Solis

Hello ,

I have one LTO 8 drive and one LTO 6 drive ,but I don't know the steps how to use DP to copy all data in LTO6 tape to LTO8 tape.Would you tell me ?

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0 Jose Maria Basilio over 2 years ago in reply to David Huang

Hello

You can use two different methods

Object Copy https://docs.microfocus.com/doc/Data_Protector/11.01/ObjectCopy

Media Copy https://docs.microfocus.com/doc/Data_Protector/11.01/MediaCopying

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0 David Huang over 2 years ago in reply to Jose Maria Basilio

Media copy need the source media same as the target media , so it can't use to copy the data from LTO6 tape to LTO8 tape.Is it right ?
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0 Dionisio_S over 2 years ago in reply to David Huang

Correct. You cannot use media copy to copy from LT6 to LTO8. The best solution is to use object copy and doing so you can also reorganize source date while copying them (i.e. consolidate several LTO6 tape in one LTO8 tape).

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Dionisio Sciascia
Micro Focus (now OpenText) Professional Services Senior Technical Consultant
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0 David Huang over 2 years ago in reply to Dionisio_S

Would you give me a guide which tell me how to do this step by step ?

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0 Jose Maria Basilio over 2 years ago in reply to David Huang

Hello David

You have everything described into online help, anyway if you open a support case please provide me the case number and will provide to you more details.

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0 Jose Maria Basilio over 2 years ago in reply to David Huang

Hello David

You have everything described into online help, anyway if you open a support case please provide me the case number and will provide to you more details.

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