Hi,
I got a Dell Blade connected to a Brocade 300 Fibre Channel Switch. On the FC switch a IBM LTO5 Tape Library is installed with two (2) tape drives.
Do I need the SAN Shared Storage Option to enable the Tape Library ?
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I do plan to get a second Backup Exec 2012 media server and attached it to the SAN. Both my backup media server will use the same Tape Library attached to my SAN switch.
As I understand I need to get the SAN Shared Storage Option to share the tape library between the backuo media servers.
Question
1. How many SAN Shared storage option do I need ? 1 or 2. Do I need to license both backup exec 2012 servers with SSO ?
2. My first backup server has volumes from a Dell Compellent, where my backups are currently being stored.
I read on the Symantec website, if I install the SSO option, this will automatically disable Fibre Channel Attached devices.
In this case will I still be able to access the SAN volumes that are presented on my Dell - Backup Exec Media Server ?
3. Most of my backups are stored on my FC SAN, presented as local volumes on my backup exec media server.
As I understand BE 2012 supports backup to SAN volumes that are currently attached to the backup media server ?
Thanks,
Paul