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Section 3 Menu Functions
a name for the device,
a share for storing the virtual backup device,
NOTE It is recommended to create a dedicated share for each virtual backup device.
retention time for the tape,
if you would like to store one backup only on each tape, select the
Preserve tape until end of
retention
time
option.
Click
the
Create
button to create a new backup device.
Next steps:
once the new virtual backup device has been created, click on its alias in the left pane and
create virtual tapes using the
Create new tape
function,
afterwards create a new backup task.
Function: Backup device tapes fig 3.3.4c
You can view information on and manage all tapes used with the selected backup device.
The function provides the following information:
Name
Name of the tape.
Pool
Name of the pool.
Status
Status of the tape. The field can have one of the following values:
Full
- tape is full and will not be used for backup until the retention time is over,
Append
- new backups will be written at the end of the tape,
Recycle
- the tape will be set to this state when the tape status has been set to purged and
there are no other appendable tapes available. The tape will be completely rewritten (old data
will be deleted),
Purged
- this status will show up when the tape retention time is over(old data is still on tape),
Error
- the tape will not be used because of errors on tape,
Used
/- tape mode Use each tape only once has been enabled and the tape cannot be
appended
to
anymore,
Busy
- the tape is currently being used for backup.
Used/size
Shows how many MBs of data have been written to the tape and how many MBs of data can be written
to the tape.
Action
