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== Motivation ==

An "Organization" like {{PUCON}}, albeit somewhat ''virtual'', has a reasonable amount of data. In {{PUCON}}s case these data are centrally kept in {{PUCONNAS01}}, a NAS. This NAS has rewdundant Disks, but is nevertheless in a single location and therefore prone to destrucion by water, fire or similar.

Therefore, a backup system is desireable.

== PUTABACKUP010 - Tape Backup using DLT-IV Tapes ==

In November 2025 I stumbled across a set of 100 pre-used DLT-IV tapes for the moderate price of 29,- EUR on {{ebay}}. In an Impulse I bought them.

Consequently, I now needed a tape drive to handle them. This wasn't very easy, but in the end I found an HP Storageworks DLT-8000 drive.

As a dedicated backup server I chose to use {{PUCONSRV07}}.

This was equipped with an LSI20320IE LVD-SCSI HBA, also bought off {{ebay}}.

What follows now is sort of a Lab Notebook keeping notes about the actions performed when trying to install and put into operation a tape backup solution based on the aforementioned hardware.

== 05.12.2025 - setup {{PUCONSRV07}} ==

* Installed Ubuntu Server 24.04.3 x64

* {{PUCONSRV07}} has no PCIex4 slot, so I ordered 2 PCI-to-SCSI-LVD/SE adapters ...