# Tape drives

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/tape-drives/23702>\
**Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\
**Created:** [March 6, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/tape-drives/23702 "2013-03-06T00:11:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/tape-drives/23702/1 "2013-03-06T00:11:46Z")

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Anyone here running backupexec 2012 in their location? We are looking  
at replacing some tape drives and wanting to make sure they’re  
supported by Symantec.

We are looking at these:

Quantum LTO-3 half height TC-L32BX-EY-B  
Quantum LTO-3 ‘library’ EC-LLDAA-YF-B

Anyone know if these are officially supported? I’m looking around on  
Symantec’s web site and have not found any documentation yet. These  
are both external, scsi connected drives.

–  
Stevo

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/tape-drives/23702/2 "2013-03-06T16:26:03Z")

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Hi Stevo,

I’d be surprised if they weren’t. If I remember rightly so long as the  
OS supports them I think Backup Exec will. Ah Backup Exec… takes me  
back. Oh the joy of backups!

🆒

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/tape-drives/23702/3 "2013-03-06T16:48:43Z")

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jamesgosling sounds like they ‘said’:  
[color=blue]

> Hi Stevo,
> 
> I’d be surprised if they weren’t. If I remember rightly so long as the  
> OS supports them I think Backup Exec will. Ah Backup Exec… takes me  
> back. Oh the joy of backups!
> 
> 🆒[/color]

So my response to jamesgosling’s comment is…

Oh the joy indeed.

–  
Stevo