How to Configure Tape Backup in NAKIVO Backup & Replication

Aug 17, 2026

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.

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0:00 Introduction

0:23 How NAKIVO uses tape: disk-to-disk-to-tape

0:52 Architecture and purpose

1:13 Requirements

2:45 The Tape settings area

3:21 Add a robotic tape library or VTL

7:09 Add a standalone tape drive

7:40 Tape tabs and management actions

11:20 Create the Backup Copy job to tape

14:15 Summary and recap