I've got old backup tapes I need to pull data from that were created with Backup Exec some years ago, but unfortunately we no longer run Windows servers on our network. Our entire tape backup system is running on an Ubuntu Lucid server setup now with tar/dump/mtx to backup and control the tape library (we have a Dell PowerVault TL2000)
What's the easiest way for me to read in the data from the Backup Exec tapes? Is there a route to doing this with *nix servers or is it a completely proprietary format? I'd really prefer not to setup another machine with Windows Server and Backup Exec just to pull data off of these tapes, but if that's the only way, then so be it...
Anyone been in this situation before?