BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape Library Option leverages the tape library capabilities of BrightStor ARCserve Backup to deliver flexible, automatic tape library operations. It supports and provides advanced device and media management for multiple drive libraries. With this option, BrightStor ARCserve Backup can send simultaneous data streams to each drive to optimize throughput on any multiple-drive tape library. Scheduling features include extended virtual library support.

* Advanced device and media management
* Concurrent drive initialization
* Multiple library support
* Enhanced installation
* Simple configure process


The Tape Library Option contains the following features:

Multiple drive support — It provides support for libraries with multiple drives, as well as those with single drives.

Multiple library support — It supports multiple libraries. The number of libraries that can be installed at one computer is limited only by the computer’s available resources and system performance.

Concurrent drive initialization — The BrightStor ARCserve Backup Device Manager window allows you to track the initialization process. For multiple drive libraries, the Tape Engine uses all of the drives for the initialization process.

Barcode ID (when supported by the tape library) — BrightStor ARCserve Backup quickly locates individual media by reading the barcode that can be affixed to the media.

Quick initialization — After installation is complete and the BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape Engine is started for the first time, the entire library is inventoried and recorded. For all subsequent starts, you can skip the normal inventory process by enabling the Quick Initialization feature, either during installation or through Library Setup.

Scheduled automated library cleaning procedures — Device Configuration allows the scheduling of library cleaning, providing the library supports this feature

Grouping by slots — Library groups employ the same concept as device groups, except that library groups are based upon slots. Any of the slots inside a library can be selected to form a library group. If the library runs out of media to span to, you can insert new media, and BrightStor ARCserve Backup can identify the media as part of the pre-defined group.

Single-step library group spanning — Support of single-step group spanning, also known as the open door condition, to allow you to insert new blank media into a library and continue the backup or restore operation without interruption because BrightStor ARCserve Backup inventories the new media for you.

Fault tolerant operations — This option provides continuous operation with a defective drive. If a drive in a multiple drive library becomes defective, it can be marked as offline. This enables the Tape Engine to continue to operate using the remaining non-defective drives in the library.

Multiple, concurrent, group access — It allows you to run as many jobs at the same time as you have media drives available.

Large Library Support — Allows a changer with more than 1000 slots to be displayed in a list in the right panel instead of in the tree of devices. Slots can be displayed in four ways: large icons, small icons, details, and list.