HP 20-Feb manual Media Migration, HP Library & Tape Tools, Utility

Media Migration

Utilities and services are available to assist you in migrating from one drive technology to another.

HP Library & Tape Tools

The HP Library & Tape Tools diagnostic assists you in installing and supporting your tape library. This tool provides an intuitive graphical user interface with integrated context-sensitive help. It can be downloaded free of charge from http://www.hp.com/support/tapetools.

Among the many features is a Migrate Backup Media option available from the Utility menu. This utility will copy data from DLT drives to DLT or Ultrium drives. See Figure 31 for a screen shot from HP Library & Tape Tools.

Figure 31 HP L&TT Media Migration Utility

Chapter 2

Note	Before using the media migration utility in HP Library & Tape
	Tools, ensure that the source media is write-protected. This utility
	does not provide any library control. You must load media into
	the selected drives using the library or autoloader front panel,
	Web-Based Library Administrator, or your backup software
	utility.

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