Acronis True Image for MS SBS Server - User Guide - Manual (Page 36)

following diagram illustrates ways of access to tape devices for networks with (I) and
without (II) backup server.
The devices must be locally attached to the servers and work through Windows
Removable Storage Management (RSM). Devices that use the Network Data Management
Protocol (NDMP) are not supported.
The following operations are available for backups stored on tape devices:
• validation
• data recovery
• converting an image to virtual disk.
Consolidation, mounting or exploring backups stored on tape devices is not supported.
Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server does not support tape devices
when working in preinstallation environment such as Win PE or Bart PE.
The bootable Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server version cannot
access archives created by the local version on locally attached tape devices.
To be able to access archives with bootable media, please back up to Acronis Backup
Server or back up to the local tape device using the bootable media.
3.8.1 Understanding backup to tape devices
Archives cataloguing
Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server creates a dedicated database for
archives and tapes cataloguing (\Program files\Common
Files\Acronis\Fomatik\tape_archives.fdb.)
Each tape of an RSM-managed device has its own GUID stored in the Windows registry.
Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server creates its own ID for each tape,
sets up the correspondence between this ID and the RSM GUID and stores that
information along with information about the archive in its own database. Additionally, the
program stores metadata on tape, so that identification information can be obtained when
mounting a tape that is not registered in the database.
If the database is lost or not available (say, you detach the tape device and attach it to
another computer or reinstall Windows) the necessary information is derived from the
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