AWS Storage Gateway User Guide
Tape Gateway
2. Attach the Amazon EBS volume to your Amazon EC2 instance. For instructions, see
Amazon EBS Volume to an Instance
in the
Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances
.
3. Configure the Amazon EBS volume you added as either an upload buffer or cache storage. For
Managing Local Disks for Your AWS Storage Gateway (p. 220)
There are times you might find you don’t need the amount of storage you allocated for the upload
buffer.
To remove an Amazon EBS volume
Warning
These steps apply only for Amazon EBS volumes allocated as upload buffer space. If you remove
an Amazon EBS volume that is allocated as cache storage from a gateway, virtual tapes on the
gateway will have the IRRECOVERABLE status, and you risk data loss. For more information on
the IRRECOVERABLE status, see
Understanding Tape Status Information in a VTL (p. 183)
1. Shut down the gateway by following the approach described in the
2. Detach the Amazon EBS volume from your Amazon EC2 instance. For instructions, see
Amazon EBS Volume from an Instance
in the
Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances
.
3. Delete the Amazon EBS volume. For instructions, see
Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances
.
4. Start the gateway by following the approach described in the
Tape Gateway
Topics
•
Working with VTL Devices (p. 357)
•
Working with VTL Devices
Your tape gateway setup provides the following SCSI devices, which you select when activating your
gateway.
Topics
•
Selecting a Medium Changer After Gateway Activation (p. 358)
•
Updating the Device Driver for Your Medium Changer (p. 359)
•
Displaying Barcodes for Tapes in Microsoft System Center DPM (p. 360)
For medium changers, AWS Storage Gateway works with the following:
• AWS-Gateway-VTL – This device is provided with the gateway.
• STK-L700 – This device emulation is provided with the gateway.
When activating your tape gateway, you select your backup application from the list and storage
gateway uses the appropriate medium changer. If your backup application is not listed, you choose
Other
and then choose the medium changer that works with backup application.
The type of medium changer you choose depends on the backup application you plan to use. The
following table lists third-party backup applications that have been tested and found to be compatible
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