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The PowerVault TL4000 uses optical cartridge location technology for precision cartridge handling and inventory, which helps improve the overall reliability of backups. The PowerVault™ TL4000 is a powerful tape library that helps organizations automate their backup processes to reduce the need for manual intervention and the risk of human error. Regular, disciplined backup is a vital part of a complete disaster recovery strategy. Library-managed encryption (optional with LTO4 and LTO5 only).Web-based remote management: perform diagnostics, check status, monitor operations and logs, and upgrade firmware.4U solution that can be rack mounted or easily converted into a desktop solution.It's the product of choice for small, medium and large businesses that require an affordable, versatile, easy-to-use, automated midrange tape backup solution. The PowerVault™ TL4000 tape library offers expandable and affordable tape automation for organizations whose data-protection needs have outgrown autoloader technology or capacity. Data Protection Suite Enterprise Edition.ECS EXF900 All-Flash Enterprise Object Storage.

Inside the folder, for example, Windows 2012 R2 there is a file named install_README.txt that explains how to proceed: all you have to do is simply launch the script install_exclusive.exe, if only a single sw backup needs to access the tape library as in my case, or the script install_nonexclusive.exe if there are other software that need to access the library.

EXE file downloaded from the Dell website and unpack it inside you will find several folders each containing the drivers for your operating system version. Once downloaded, however, be careful, do not install them from the device manager by doing a simple update of the microsoft drivers Veeam otherwise will not be able to properly view the tape h0 Following this procedure the first time that I had to configure a tape for Veeam and the result was that I saw the tape library from the management interface but I could not see in any way the tapes and was therefore unmanageable. Se dovete “far vedere” un tape TL2000 (but I think it also applies to a TL4000) to Veeam the first thing to do is download the drivers from the Dell support site.

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