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11. If the tapes contain a password-protected archive, select the corresponding check box, and then

specify the password for the archive in the Password box. If you do not specify a password, or
the password is incorrect, the archive will not be detected. Please keep this in mind in case you
see no archives after the rescanning.
Tip. If the tapes contain several archives protected by various passwords, you need to repeat the
rescanning several times specifying each password in turn.

12. Click Start to start the rescanning. As a result, you will get the contents of the loaded tape(s).
13. If any of the detected backups continue on other tapes that have not been rescanned yet, load

these tapes as prompted and rescan them.

14. After the rescanning completes, click OK.
15. In the Archive view, select the backup whose data is to be recovered, and then select the data

you want to recover. After you click OK, the Recover page will show you the list of tapes required
for the recovery. The missing tapes are grayed out. If your tape device has empty slots, load
these tapes into the device.

16. Configure (p. 131) other recovery settings.
17. Click OK to start the recovery.
18. If any of the required tapes are not loaded for some reason, the software will show you a

message with the identifier of the needed tape. Load the tape, and click Retry to continue the
recovery.

7.4.3.5

Recovering under bootable media from a tape device attached

to a storage node

To recover under bootable media from a tape device attached to a storage node:

1. Load the tape(s) required for the recovery into the tape device.
2. Boot the machine from the bootable media.
3. Click Acronis Backup, and then click Manage this machine locally. Skip this step if you use

WinPE-based media.

4. Click Recover.
5. Click Select data, and then click Browse.
6. In the Path box, type bsp://<storage node address>/<vault name>/, where <storage

node address> is the IP address of the storage node that contains the required backup, and
<vault name> is the name of the vault. Click OK and specify credentials for the vault.

7. Select the backup, and then select the data you want to recover. After you click OK, the Recover

page will show you the list of tapes required for the recovery. The missing tapes are grayed out.
If your tape device has empty slots, load these tapes into the device.

8. Configure (p. 131) other recovery settings.
9. Click OK to start the recovery.
10. If any of the required tapes are not loaded for some reason, the software will show you a

message with the identifier of the needed tape. Load the tape, and click Retry to continue the
recovery.

7.4.4 Tape management

7.4.4.1

Detecting tape devices

When detecting tape devices, Acronis Backup finds tape devices attached to the machine and places
information about them in the tape management database. Detecting tape devices is required:

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