AWS Storage Gateway User Guide
Using Your Tape Gateway
Topics
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Configuring Arcserve to Work with VTL Devices (p. 87)
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Loading Tapes into a Media Pool (p. 87)
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Backing Up Data to a Tape (p. 88)
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Restoring Data from a Tape (p. 88)
Configuring Arcserve to Work with VTL Devices
After you have connected your virtual tape library (VTL) devices to your client, you scan for your devices.
To scan for VTL devices
1. In the Arcserve Backup Manager, choose the
Utilities
menu.
2. Choose
Media Assure and Scan
.
Loading Tapes into a Media Pool
When the Arcserve software connects to your gateway and your tapes become available, Arcserve
automatically loads your tapes. If your gateway is not found in the Arcserve software, try restarting the
tape engine in Arcserve.
To restart the tape engine
1. Choose
Quick Start
, choose
Administration
, and then choose
Device
.
2. On the navigation menu, open the context (right-click) menu for your gateway and choose an
import/export slot.
3. Choose
Quick Import
and assign your tape to an empty slot.
4. Open the context (right-click) menu for your gateway and choose
Inventory/Offline Slots
.
5. Choose
Quick Inventory
to retrieve media information from the database.
If you add a new tape, you need to scan your gateway for the new tape to have it appear in Arcserve. If
the new tapes don't appear, you must import the tapes.
To import tapes
1. Choose the
Quick Start
menu, choose
Back up
, and then choose
Destination tap
.
2. Choose your gateway, open the context (right-click) menu for one tape, and then choose
Import/
Export Slot
.
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