Storage Node licensing, I think.
I have an old box I would like to use as a storage node. It has sufficient HDD and a tape drive (LTO2) for my purposes. There is no need for this system to be backed up, rebuild time is minimal, no unique data.
New box is running MS SBS 2008. I would like to put ABR10 for SBS on this system and have it use the tape drive on the older box as a target for backup.
That's it 'in a nutshell', methinks. What do I need, if anything, to allow ABR10 for SBS to use a remote tape device?
So if I interpret that correctly (and sorry, the concept of 'remote storage node' is something I haven't previously looked at) I need no additional licensing.
I install the License Server and ABR10(for SBS) on SBS.
I push the storage node agent onto my 2nd server.
I create a job using tape via storage node.
Job done. (feet up, stogey, beer :-)
I create a job using tape via storage node.
This is not one step. Then you need to install Management Server, then add the installed storage node to it (storage nodes in the tree->add). Then on the AMS you create managed vault using tape as storage location (After re-reading user guide I'm not sure if a single tape drive, not a tape library, can be used as managed vaut. Tape library can be used at the storage node, and a regular drive can be used when attached locally to the machine with agent)
Then you add agent to the management server and can choose a centralized vault as backup destination.
tks, I'll find out in a couple of hours whether the references to libraries are same for a single drive. IME most are.
I think I'm outta luck. Storage nodes access tape through RSM and my old box is Server08 (not R2) so has RSM as an optional component. I have added RSM but when attempting to create a vault the tape drive does not appear.
In devmgr the tape drive appears.
Darn drive won't fit in the SBS.