Re: Compatibility between different vendors VTL solutions

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

File formats and storage techniques differ from vendor to vendor.  You can obviously check with the VTL vendors but I highly doubt you’ll be able to copy from vendor to vendor.

Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects



> On Feb 10, 2020, at 3:36 PM, Laurence Chiu <lchiu7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I am in a situation where in one data center there is a VTL solution. I
> want to implement in another data center a VTL solution and then copy all
> the tape backups from the first to the second data center. Assuming the
> backup is using BRMS do I need to keep the same hardware solution at each
> DC?  So for example if one DC is using say a Dell VTL could I use DSI at
> the second and still be able to migrate and use all the backups taken on
> the Dell?
>
> I'm actually trying to find out what specific VTL solution is used in the
> first DC but thought I would ask the generic question to know my options.
>
> Thanks
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