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Veeam Backup Free Edition 9.0
User Guide

Importing Tapes

When you need to load free tapes, or if you need to restore data from tapes, you need to load these tapes into your tape device and import them. Importing is recognizing tapes that are loaded into your tape device.

When you load tapes into the tape device, they are not visible in the Veeam backup console. To start using tapes, you need to introduce them to the Veeam Backup Free Edition by running the importing procedure. During importing, Veeam Backup Free Edition scans the new tapes and sends information about them to Veeam backup database. After importing, Veeam Backup Free Edition can use the tapes to read or write data.

Importing must be performed manually each time you load tapes into your tape device.

To import a tape:

  1. Open the Tape Infrastructure view.
  2. Select the tape library node under the Libraries node and click Import Tapes on the ribbon.
    Alternatively, you can right-click the tape library node and select Import Tapes from the shortcut menu.

Importing runs differently for tapes that are registered in the local Veeam backup database and those that are not. Choose an appropriate procedure for the following tapes:

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