DOCUMENTATION: There is no Symantec Veritas 64 bit tape driver for NetBackup available. Device drivers are only provided for 32 bit Windows servers.

Document ID: 295746
http://support.veritas.com/docs/295746

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As mentioned in the Veritas NetBackup Enterprise Server and Server Hardware Compatibility Lists (linked below):

"The Symantec-Veritas tape driver is not compatible with 64-bit Itanium (IA-64) or x64 Windows. The manufacturer's most recent driver should be used with Itanium or x64 based Windows."

p. 57, Veritas NetBackup Enterprise Server and Server 6.0 Hardware Compatibility Lists
p. 74, Veritas NetBackup Enterprise Server and Server 6.5 Hardware Compatibility List

Related Documents:

http://support.veritas.com/docs/284599

http://support.veritas.com/docs/278692

http://support.veritas.com/docs/287850

Products Applied:
NetBackup Enterprise Server 6.0, 6.5
NetBackup Server 6.0, 6.5

Last Updated: January 15 2009 06:47 PM GMT
Expires on: 01-15-2010

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Subjects:
NetBackup Enterprise Server
Application: Device Management
NetBackup Server
Application: Device Management

Languages:
English (US)

Operating Systems:
Windows Server 2003

Enterprise (IA64), Enterprise (x64)

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