Restoring from DLT IV Tapes: Required Steps and Procedures
Question
A company has recently upgraded all backup hardware and media from DLT IV to LTO3 tapes and tape drives.
Several weeks after the upgrade, the development team discovers a corruption in one of the application servers and must restore from one of the DLT IV tapes.
Which of the following steps are necessary for the server administrator to use these tapes?
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A. B. C. D.D.
Option A, "Reformat the DLT IV tape in LTO3 format. Load the tape," is not a valid solution because it is not possible to reformat a DLT IV tape into an LTO3 format. DLT IV and LTO3 are two completely different tape formats and are not interchangeable. Reformatting a DLT IV tape into an LTO3 format is not possible, and attempting to do so would erase all data on the tape.
Option B, "Install the DLT IV driver on the LTO3 drive. Load the tape," is not a valid solution because installing the DLT IV driver on the LTO3 drive will not allow the LTO3 drive to read the DLT IV tape. The two tape formats are not compatible, and using the wrong driver can potentially damage the tape or the drive.
Option C, "Load the DLT IV tape into the LTO3 drive," is not recommended because LTO3 drives are not designed to read DLT IV tapes. While it may be physically possible to load the tape into the drive, doing so can cause damage to the tape or the drive and may result in data loss.
Option D, "Replace the LTO3 drive with a DLT IV tape drive. Load the tape," is the correct solution. This option ensures that the correct tape drive is used to read the DLT IV tape. By replacing the LTO3 drive with a DLT IV tape drive, the server administrator can load the tape and restore the data without any issues.
In conclusion, the correct answer is option D, "Replace the LTO3 drive with a DLT IV tape drive. Load the tape."
