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5.3 About Finalizing Tapes
Finalizing a tape results in a
Tape Contents Catalog (5.1)
being written to the end of the tape, followed by
special tape marks that prevent further files being written to that tape. XenData6 Workstation automatically
finalizes a tape when it becomes 98% full. Partially filled tapes may also be finalized. This is described in
How to Finalize Tapes (5.4).
The presence of a Tape Content Catalog greatly reduces the time to move a tape from one XenData
system to another. When moving a tape that has not been finalized (and hence does not have a catalog on
the tape) to another XenData system for the first time, the catalog data must be built on that system by
using the
Build Catalog (5.2)
operation. This can take several hours. Whereas for a finalized tape, the
operation is automatic and takes only a few minutes.
5.4 How to Finalize a Tape
The finalize operation is described in
About Finalizing Tapes (5.3)
. When a tape becomes 98% full, it is
automatically finalized by the system. A partially filled tape may be finalized as described below.
Ensure that the tape to be finalized is present in a tape drive and is shown under 'LTO Drives' in the left
navigation pane of Windows Explorer.
Right click on the tape under 'LTO Drives' and select Finalize.
This is illustrated below.
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