AWS Storage Gateway User Guide
Retrieving Archived Tapes
Retrieving Archived Tapes
To access data stored on an archived virtual tape, you must first retrieve the tape that you want to your
tape gateway. Your tape gateway provides one virtual tape library (VTL) for each gateway. You can
restore a tape to a tape gateway.
If you have multiple tape gateways in an AWS Region, you can retrieve a tape to only one gateway.
The retrieved tape is write-protected; you can only read the data on the tape.
Important
It takes up to three to five hours for the tape to be available in your tape gateway if the tape is
archived in GLACIER and up to 12 hours in DEEP_ARCHIVE.
Note
There is a charge for retrieving tapes from archive. For detailed pricing information, see
.
To retrieve an archived tape to your gateway
1. Open the AWS Storage Gateway console at
https://console.amazonaws.cn/storagegateway/home
.
2. In the navigation pane, choose
Tapes
. To display all virtual tapes that have been archived by all your
gateways, use search.
3. Choose the virtual tape you want to retrieve, and choose
Retrieve Tape
for
Actions
.
Note
The status of the virtual tape that you want to retrieve must be ARCHIVED.
4. In the
Retrieve tape
dialog box, for
Barcode
, verify that the barcode identifies the virtual tape you
want to retrieve.
5. For
Gateway
, choose the gateway that you want to retrieve the archived tape to, and then choose
Retrieve tape
.
The status of the tape changes from ARCHIVED to RETRIEVING. At this point, your data is being moved
from the virtual tape shelf (backed by GLACIER or DEEP_ARCHIVE) to the virtual tape library (backed
by Amazon S3). After all the data is moved, the status of the virtual tape in the archive changes to
RETRIEVED.
Note
Retrieved virtual tapes are read-only.
Viewing Tape Usage
When you write data to a tape, you can view the amount of data stored on the tape in the AWS Storage
Gateway Management Console. The
Details
tab for each tape shows the tape usage information.
To view the amount of data stored on a tape
1. Open the AWS Storage Gateway console at
https://console.amazonaws.cn/storagegateway/home
.
2. In the navigation pane, choose
Tapes
and select the tape that you are interested in.
3. Choose the
Details
tab.
4. The following fields provide information about the tape:
•
Size:
The total capacity of the selected tape.
•
Used:
The size of data written to the tape by your backup application.
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