Basic and Advanced Operations
Performing Basic Operations
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Virtual Drive and Virtual Loader Icons
If a virtual tape cartridge is present in the virtual tape drive or virtual loader device, a color-coded
tape icon appears to the left of the slot number. If no virtual tape cartridge is present in the virtual
tape drive or virtual loader device slot, or the virtual tape cartridge contains no data, this area is
blank.
•
A green icon (
) indicates normal status. It also indicates that any data written to the virtual
tape cartridge has been archived successfully.
•
An amber icon (
) indicates a physical tape cartridge is required for the virtual tape car-
tridge. This occurs if there is data to be archived on the virtual tape cartridge or if there is a
restore operation in progress that requires a physical tape cartridge to be loaded.
•
A red icon (
) indicates that the last archive operation for the virtual tape cartridge failed
(data remains on the virtual tape cartridge that has not been successfully archived).
Tape Name
A text name automatically created by the CP 3100 or configured by the
administrator. If no virtual tape cartridge is present, this area is blank.
See “Configuring a Virtual Tape Cartridge” on page 64 for more infor-
mation.
Status
Describes the current status, as reflected by the color of the status icon.
If the status icon indicates a serious problem, you can refer to this status
information for information about the problem.
For the virtual drive, this legend shows WRITING when data is being
written to the virtual tape drive cartridge and READING when the vir-
tual tape cartridge is being read. If no virtual tape cartridge is present,
this area is blank.
NOTE: When a fatal error occurs, the tape icon appears with a red color, as shown above.
Also, the Attention and Physical Drive sections of RemoteAdmin describe the error, including
TapeAlert information if applicable. To clear the error description, click the
Cancel Alert
icon
(
), as described under “Clearing Errors and Virtual Tape Drive Error Attentions” on page 67.
When the error alert is cleared, the tape icon reverts to green. The
Archive
and
Migrate
icons
appear for the Virtual Loader slot to indicate that the virtual cartridge still needs to be archived.
Table 9. Legends in the Virtual Drive and Virtual Loader Sections (Continued)
Legend
Description
