Quest DR Series Appliance VTL

Product Details:

Model number: DR4300, DR4300e and DR6300
Library Firmware Version 0104
Drive firmware version: 0104
Driver for tape drive: 6.2.4.8
Driver for media changer: (Veeam Option: Use native SCSI commands instead of Windows driver)
Media type tested: DR-VTL
Additional Support:

General product family overview:
DR’s Virtual Tape Library (VTL) is an emulation of a physical tape library (SUN/STK L700) on a disk-based deduplication and compression system such as the DR Series system. The tape library is exposed to a Data Management Application (DMA) as if it is a physical library with tape drives and cartridges, which the application uses for backup.

Veeam testing configuration:

Veeam Build Number: 9.5.0.823

Vendor recommended configuration:

Vendor Settings:

• Changer gets detected as "Unknown Medium Changer" and it is supported for Veeam. Just need to change the changer properties in Veeam to use native SCSI commands.
• DR series system using iSCSI to access VTL
• IBM tape Drivers are mandatory to install for Drives and can be downloaded from IBM site: Driver name - IBMTape.x64_w12R2_6248_WHQL_Cert