Tape Libraries, Virtual Tape Libraries, and Standalone Tape Device

Catalogic DPX supports tape devices that are compliant with the SCSI-2 standard. Tape drives must support variable length records and allow a minimum transfer size of 32 KB.

Catalogic DPX supports media changers that are compliant with the SCSI-2 standard. Additionally, media changer support on Microsoft Windows requires Microsoft Windows NT SCSI Pass-Through support from the HBA driver or a vendor-supplied media changer driver supporting Microsoft Windows NT SCSI Pass-Through.

Unless otherwise advised by Catalogic Data Protection Technical Support, the operating system of the Device Server that connects the tape or tape library device should have properly installed drivers that are recommended by the device manufacturer.

No troubleshooting or bug fix support is offered for devices that are no longer supported by the hardware vendor. Minimal troubleshooting and no new development will be done for devices connected to operating systems that are no longer supported by the vendor.

Catalogic DPX treats a Virtual Tape Library (VTL) device as a regular tape library and supports it the same way it does for tape libraries.

Catalogic Software has qualified Catalogic DPX with the following tape media:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

• HPE LTO-5, HPE LTO-6, HPE LTO-7, HPE LTO-8, HPE LTO-9*

IBM

• IBM LTO-5, IBM LTO-6, IBM LTO-7

Catalogic Software has qualified Catalogic DPX with the following tape libraries:

Dell Technologies

• Dell PowerVault TL2000

HPE

• HPE StoreEver MSL3040, HPE StoreEver MSL6480

Oracle

• Oracle StorageTek SL150

Overland Tandberg

• Overland Tandberg NEOxl 80

Quantum

• Quantum Scalar i500, Quantum Scalar i6000

* The LTO Generation 9 (LTO-9) mandates the “initial calibration” for every LTO-9 media cartridge when it is being used for the first time. The media initialization process may take up to 2 hours (see LTO FAQ). New LTO-9 media cartridges need to be initialized first before using them with Catalogic DPX write operations (labeling and backup).