LEGACY TAPE DATA RESTORATION & CATALOG MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Paying to maintain legacy backup catalogs is expensive. Getting data off legacy tape has been a long, complex process. Ignoring backup data archives can be a governance nightmare. We empower organizations to make smarter decisions regarding legacy backup data through patented direct indexing technology that does not require the original backup software. This non-invasive scan of backup images on tape or disk allows intelligence to be obtained about the contents: files types, dates, users, and more. Extraction allows the selection and specific content to be gathered for ad hoc requests or a complete compliance-driven migration.
With Corporate Governance coupled with Regulatory Compliance, you need to retain access to legacy tape, the data therein, and the ability to recover and present as and when required. We recommend the best practice of getting your data stored on legacy tapes and backup software formats be made current through our proven migration process to your new solution and thus meet the challenges of timely presentation of data, as well as render it for business analysis.
ValueData Technologies can convert data from legacy tape and software formats to any new environment you may have or choose to have. Dependent on each project, migration of legacy data in backup media is complex requiring multiple devices, components, technologies, process and extensive timelines. ValueData Technologies can run such projects efficiently with the optimal resources resulting in reduced cost and timelines with utmost adherence to data management best practices.
Technical and On Field Support – on time project implementation basis.
- Discovery and planning – through a detailed questionnaire on the project objectives, policies, basic information, Infrastructure details, tape backup software's used, information on Catalog’s available and unavailable, number and list of encrypted tapes, any compression used in the backup process, de-duplication used in the backup process, tape media used.
- Review of above along with OEM and client for project detailing.
- Prerequisites detailing along with client responsibilities – of all required infrastructure, physical or virtual server, software, power, network connectivity, tape libraries, tape media, storage, internet connectivity with appropriate bandwidth, firewall port configuration for inbound and outbound connections and technical resources.
- Provision and installation of infrastructure, if required, such as tape libraries, tape health check appliances, physical server/s, storage, network components
- Installation and commissioning of all infrastructure mentioned above in joint efforts with the OEM and client technical team.
- Create Customer on OEM Portal.
- Assist in OEM Software installation configuration, onboarding of OEM team.
- Loading of Tape media and inventory thereof.
- OEM remote implementation services - Catalog management, Ingestion of backup Catalog metadata, Catalog rebuild, report on Catalog metadata, tape indexing, classify data for in-scope GDPR. Restore/migrate data, remediate legacy tapes.
- Provision of local onsite resource.
- Project Management.
Benefits of our solution.
- Ease of Indexing and Cataloguing the Data Cost Effectively.
- Our unique Indexing Technology does not require the original backup software.
- No change to the Integrity of the Stored Data and the Archive Structure.
- One Unique Tape-Like Backup Solution and Single Tape Format will retire no-longer required legacy backup applications along with their infrastructure.
- Secure and fast migration of legacy data to your existing or new backup hardware and software.
- Non-invasive scan of backup images will allow intelligence to be obtained from the contents – file types, dates, users and more.
- Significant reduction in data storage size and cost.
- Integration of existing backup catalog data for ease of use to legacy data.