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From: f0057@uafhp.uucp (James E. Ward)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Novell tape backup software, which is best?
Keywords: Novell, tape, backup
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Date: 13 Jun 89 12:18:43 GMT
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I am currently using Galaxy tape backup software and have been completely
unsatisfied with it.  It seems everything appears to work fine until you
really need to restore one of those files you were so careful to back up.
Invariably, if you REALLY lost a file, or wanted to bring some source back
to work on from tape, the tape software says the tape is blank, or it's
incompatiable, or any number of things!  Burns my bisquits, you know?  Now
we have tested it over and over, the machine is always cold booted before
backup and restore, but we have YET to restore anything other than in a test.
What I want from you folks is a consensus on the best tape backup software
out there for Novell.  I mean catastrophic disk failure isn't out of the
questio, now is it.... :-( ?  So, who uses what and how well does it work?
Thanks in advance...

James E. Ward
f0057@uafhp.uucp