How to Backup Data to Tape with Vinchin Backup & Recovery?

Tape backup is a reliable way to protect business data from loss. This article shows you how to use Vinchin Backup & Recovery with tape drives for secure backups and easy restores.

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Updated by Jack Smith on 2025/09/03

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  • How to Backup Data to Tape with Vinchin Backup & Recovery?

Tape backup is a trusted way to protect important business data, including files, databases, and system images. Many organizations rely on tape because it offers long-term storage and strong protection against threats like accidental deletion, ransomware, software bugs, or even site-wide disasters. A solid tape backup strategy can make the difference between quick recovery and major data loss.

In this post, I’ll show you how to backup your data using Vinchin Backup & Recovery with tape devices.

How to Backup Data to Tape with Vinchin Backup & Recovery?

Vinchin Backup & Recovery supports LTO tape drives from LTO-1 to the latest LTO-8 as direct backup storage or archiving storage and makes it easy to create tape backups through its user-friendly web console. You can add your tape device directly and set up a backup job in just four simple steps:

Step 1. Select the workloads you want to backup

Select data to backup

Step 2. Choose tape as the backup destination

Select tape as backup storage

Step 3. Set your preferred backup strategies

Select backup strategies

Step 4. Click Submit to start the job

Submit

With these steps, your critical data will be safely stored on tape for future recovery.

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