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How to Back up a Deduplication Data Store to a Tape

In order to successfully back up deduplication data stores to a tape device, Arcserve UDP needs to integrate with Arcserve Backup. To back up an Arcserve UDP deduplication data store to a tape, it is important to verify how the data store folders reside on the source machine. The data store folders can reside in the following ways:

• Remote to the Arcserve Backup server
• Local to the Arcserve Backup server and on a single volume
• Local to the Arcserve Backup Backup server and on multiple volumes

Based on how the data store folder resides on the source machine, you can follow one of the methods to back up deduplication data stores.

The following diagram illustrates how to back up deduplication data stores to a tape.

What To Do Next?

• Review the Prerequisites
• Data Store Folders are Remote to the Backup Server
• Data Store Folders are Local to the Backup Server on a Single Volume
• Data Store Folders are Local to the Backup Server on Multiple Volumes