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Using Multiple Tape Streams

You can significantly reduce the amount of time required to run a backup by using multiple tape streams. Tape streams divide the domains to be backed up between two or more drives. The CA VM:Backup system administrator specifies the number of tape streams a particular job is to use in the backup job template. The operator can override this number when using the SUBMIT command. CA VM:Backup determines which domains to back up to each tape stream, and writes the data to each stream independently and concurrently.