https://community.netapp.com/t5/EF-E-Series-SANtricity-and-Related-Plug-ins/Backup-from-e-Series-to-tape-drive/m-p/130819#M404 <P>Hi,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Please refer the best practices guide:&nbsp;<A href="http://www.netapp.com/us/media/tr-4471.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.netapp.com/us/media/tr-4471.pdf</A></P><P>You cannot connect tape drive to the E series.</P> Fri, 05 May 2017 06:08:37 GMT Sahana 2017-05-05T06:08:37Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/EF-E-Series-SANtricity-and-Related-Plug-ins/Backup-from-e-Series-to-tape-drive/m-p/130789#M403 <P>Hello,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>We have a E-series netapp storage. We want to backup our data with veeam to tape drives. But how can we realize this operation? Netapp can talk to the tape drive over the SAN, but can I connect the tape drive directly to NetApp e serie?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:07:15 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/EF-E-Series-SANtricity-and-Related-Plug-ins/Backup-from-e-Series-to-tape-drive/m-p/130789#M403 ckirim 2025-06-04T15:07:15Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/EF-E-Series-SANtricity-and-Related-Plug-ins/Backup-from-e-Series-to-tape-drive/m-p/130819#M404 <P>Hi,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Please refer the best practices guide:&nbsp;<A href="http://www.netapp.com/us/media/tr-4471.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.netapp.com/us/media/tr-4471.pdf</A></P><P>You cannot connect tape drive to the E series.</P> Fri, 05 May 2017 06:08:37 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/EF-E-Series-SANtricity-and-Related-Plug-ins/Backup-from-e-Series-to-tape-drive/m-p/130819#M404 Sahana 2017-05-05T06:08:37Z