There is no "SureStore software" from HP. They *used to* ship STAC's
"Replica software-
is this the package used? If so the answer is no. Every vendor of backup
software has a tendancy
to use propriotary data-formatting written to tape. The physical formatting
*under that*-
ie the "recording format" on the DAT/DDS-tapes is standardised however.

Hope this helps?

jk
PS "SureStore" is HPs brand for packaged tape-drives for network-solutions
you could say in this case.
Compare with "Colorado" which is tape drives packaged for retail/personal
use.


L. Mark Stone wrote in message
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> We are acquiring another company, who run HP SureStor software backing up
> their SQL Server 7.0 databases to DDS3 tapes.
> We run BENT 7.3 to back up our SQL Server 7.0 databases.
> We'd like to, ideally, run a backup on the other company's machine,
> physically insert their backup tape in our machine, and then restore their
> databases to our server.
> Can BENT do this? Are the tape formats compatible?
> Another Message From L. Mark Stone
> Mark@ArgentTrading.com