Dell PowerVault 110T DLT VS80 Quick Start Guide - Page 41

DPM and Tape Devices The PowerVault Data Protection Solution supports disk-to-tape backup of the protected systems and disk-to-disk-to-tape archival for long-term protection. Refer to "Backup Solutions Combining Disk and Tape" in Planning a System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Deployment. To use these features, you need to attach a supported tape drive or a tape library to your system. Refer to the PowerVault Data Protection Solution Support Matrix for a list of supported tape drives, autoloaders and libraries. Installing Tape Drives and Tape Libraries Refer to the tape drive or the tape library documentation to install and attach these components to your system. Install the necessary drivers and update device firmware, if necessary. Refer to the PowerVault Data Protection Solution Support Matrix for required driver and firmware versions. Using DPM with Tape Drives and Tape Libraries Refer to "Configuring Tape Libraries" in Deploying System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 to add tape drives and libraries to DPM. Refer to "Managing Tape Libraries" in System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Operations Guide for detailed information on how to manage tape libraries and stand-alone tape drives attached to the Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 server. This document also contains information on routine maintenance tasks. DPM and Tape Devices 41