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How to Configure Tape Backup in NAKIVO Backup & Replication

Learn how to configure tape as a backup target in NAKIVO Backup & Replication. This tutorial covers the disk-to-disk-to-tape workflow end to end: hardware and Transporter requirements, adding a robotic library, VTL, or standalone drive, managing tapes, locations, and media pools, and creating a Backup Copy job that writes to tape with the right schedule and retention.

How to Install NAKIVO Backup & Replication on Linux

This guide shows you how to install the full NAKIVO solution — director, transporter and a default backup repository — on a Linux server in console mode. You'll also see which requirements to check before you start, and how silent installation lets you deploy NAKIVO automatically instead of running each step by hand.

RAID vs JBOD: Best Storage Option for Hypervisor Backups

When configuring storage on local servers or Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices, RAID and JBOD are the two common options. Both involve combining multiple drives into a single volume, but they differ significantly in how data is distributed, protected and accessed. Choosing the wrong configuration can lead to performance degradation or data loss. This post covers the differences between JBOD and RAID and identifies the optimal storage types for backups and VM datastores.

Installing Android on VMware ESXi: A How-To Guide

Android is a very popular and prolific operating system on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Most of the time, there is no practical reason to install Android on a physical computer, but there may be some cases when you need to run Android on a virtual machine (VM), for example, when developing applications for Android and testing them. Fortunately, you can install Android on VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ESXi, and VirtualBox.