You need to talk to Witness / Verint concerning this as they have an archival service on the recorders that can be used to aid in backing up to tape.
I mention this as if you use the archival service from Witness / Verint from the recorder the database entry is updates so that if you attempt a retrieval of an archived call the interface will alert you that the required call is off box and not on the recorder.
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