proliant backup solution question

[James529]

good morning !

I've just upgraded the operating system on my Proliant 1600r server from NT4 to 2000 server.

I was running Arcserv ver 6.61 with a DAT tape drive to back up my server farm.

Over time, I've had a lot of trouble with the DAT drive and tapes so decided to pursue a removable disk technology, I just got the Iomega Rev drive and some 35GB disks and installed the drive on the 2000 server.

The backup software that comes with the Rev drive is ok excepting that it cannot see the network mapped drives so I'm constrained to backing up only the 2000 server.

I talked to CA and they say that the Arcserve Backup v11 for Windows will be able to handle backup to the Rev drive without a hitch (that the softwaare will just see a removable drive and backup to it very nicely).

Before I take the plunge and fork over the dollars to buy Arcserve Backup v11 for Windows I'd like to see if anyone has had any experience backing up to removable hard drives with Acserve and more specifically, to the Iomega Rev drive.

Thanks so much for any feedback

James in Arizona

 

[Shady66]

We sort of have the same setup as your previous senario. Were running Brightstor 9.0 on a Proliant 1850R/W2kSP3 backing up to a HP Tape Library (DLT IV).

What kind of issues were you having ?

Have you reconnected your mapped drives since you upgraded the Box ? I know CA can be quirky like that.

As for the Removable media... will that be Manual or scheduled jobs ?

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