Recovering data from backup tapes
entails a unique, complex procedure that
is distinct from the procedures used to
in data recover from hard disks.
Data
recovery from tapes typically occurs in
the following events:
1. Tapes
are in good order, yet require set up of
an appropriate work environment,
including appropriate hardware, OS and a
back-up system that is close to
original.
2. Tapes affected by logical damage
–
Damage of this type occurs, for example,
when back-up is not performed correctly,
or back-up definitions are not defined
correctly, back-up is not completed
correctly, the cataloging process is
faulty, or data is over-written by new
information.
3. Tapes affected by physical damage –
Tape has damaged in the markers, tape
is torn, tape is damaged when cassette
became entangled in the tape, wear and
tear of the magnetic tape assemblies, or
in the event of a mechanical
malfunction.
We
recover data from the following tape
types:
1. DLT III, DLT IV, DLT-1, VS80, VS160 &
Super DLT up to 320 GB.
2. LTO 1, 2 Ultrium tapes up to 400 GB.
3. 4 mm DAT format DDS, DDS-2, DDS-3 &
DDS-4 , DDS-5 up to 72 GB.
4. Exabyte 8mm 112m and 160m tapes &
Mammoth 1 (Exabyte 8900), Mammoth 2 up
to 150 GB.
5. Seagate AIT & AIT-2, AIT-3 tapes up
to 260 GB.
6. Travan TR-1, TR-3, TR-4 & TR-5 tapes
up to 20 GB.
7. Iomega Ditto 2 GB QIC tapes.
8. QIC Mini-Cartridges DC2000-DC2120
40,80,250 MB.
Recovery uses backups performed by:
- Microsoft Tape Format (MTF)
applications such as NT Backup and
Seagate/Veritas BackupExec for
Windows NT/2000, Backup Exec for
NetWare
- System Independent Data Format (SIDF)
applications such as Novell's
Sbackup and Palindrome's Backup
Director
- Practically all legacy DOS and
Windows backup formats, including
Colorado/Cheyenne Backup for
Windows, Arcada/Seagate Backup Exec
for Windows 95 & 98
- Cheyenne/Computer Associates
ARCserve for NT & NetWare
- Previos/Stac Replica Backup for
NT, NetWare
- Legato NetWorker (all platforms)
- Dantz Retrospect for Macintosh
- unix tar, cpio, fbackup, fsdump
& ufsdump archives
- Compaq/DEC VMS Backup
- Intelliguard/Legato Budtools for
Unix platforms
- Sytron / Seagate / Veritas Sytos
& Sytos Plus for DOS, NetWare & OS/2
First
Aid – What Should I Do?
1. Don’t
do anything! Consult with our laboratory
engineers in any case of data loss.
2. Do not remove the cassette from the
tape before consulting with our
laboratory engineers.
3. Record the type of operating system,
backup software, software version, and
any other information concerning the
data that you think may be significant.
4. Collect all other existing backup
tapes – they may contain relevant
information.
Please
contact
us by phone: +357-99438043
Use the
SOS Emergency Form to send an SMS
message to our data recovery expert on
call, who will contact you within
minutes and help you with your problem.
No up-front fee or obligation on your
part is required.
To order
data recovery services or receive
information about our rates,
click here. Complete the form to
provide us with as much information as
possible.
Next,
please send us your tape to our offices
at : 27 Vasileos Konstantinou Shop
B, Limassol. Our
offices are open on Monday to Friday,
between the hours of 08:30-13:00 ,
15:00-18:00
(directions
and map).
