BackupAssist Zip to tape Add-on

BackupAssist’s File Archiving can be used to back up data to a tape drive using the Zip to Tape Add–on. This feature is ideal for Windows 2008/R2 and 2012 servers, and SBS 2011 servers that have no native tape backup support.

Tape rotation schedules that support full, differential and incremental backups

Backup schemes created for your convenience that include both daily and offsite backups

Tape labelling so that if the expected tape is not loaded, the backup job will know and send an alert

Compress data as it is backed up to a tape using multithreaded compression and an open zip format

Encrypt your backups on the tape using 256-bit AES encryption

Restore data from a tape using BackupAssist’s Restore console

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Tape drive settings

With the Zip to Tape Add–on, you can select a tape destination when you create a File Archiving backup job. The tape drive destination is configured for the backup job using a selection of useful settings that include tape ejection, backup appending and media notifications.

Tape rotation and labeling

Using a tape device means it is easy to implement media rotation and offsite backups in your backup strategy. BackupAssist supports media rotation and can write labels to your tapes based on the selected backup schedule. When the backup job runs, it will check that the correct tape has been loaded and provide a notification if the correct tape is not detected.

Specifications

Licensing
BackupAssist
BackupAssist Zip-to-Tape Add-on
Supported Microsoft OS
Windows Server (2012/R2, 2008/R2);
Windows 8, Windows 7

Method
File Archiving
Resources
File Archiving Whitepaper

Customer testimonials

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Hong Siew, Inscope IT Solutions Pty Ltd, Australia

"Another Computer consultant evaluated, purchased and recommended this software to Network Integration Solutions Inc. Since then, we are so impressed, that as far as I'm concerned any of our new servers will have a license of BackupAssist to make the media management simple."

Scott Young, Network Integration Solutions Inc., Canada