Chapter 9 - Working with Tape Libraries and Media
Tape Library and Tape Drive Options
3.
Select the tape with a status of “Not in Inventory” and select
Action > Mark Tape Not In Inventory As Ejected
. A confirmation window displays.
4.
In the confirmation window, click
Confirm
. The Tape Management screen updates the
tape status to “Ejected”.
Delete Lost or Ejected Tape
If desired, you can delete tape cartridges that are lost or were ejected from the library so
that they no longer display on the Tape Management screen. This is useful if you ejected
tapes and do not plan to ever use them again with the BlackPearl system.
Note:
If you re-import a tape that you previously marked as deleted, the tape has a
status of “Foreign”. See
Import Foreign Tapes on page 279
for more information.
Use the instruction in this section to delete a lost or ejected tape from the BlackPearl
database.
1.
Select
Status > Tape Management
from the menu bar. The Tape Management screen
displays (see
).
2.
Select the tape with a status of “Not in Inventory” and select
Action > Delete Lost or Ejected Tape
. A confirmation window displays.
3.
In the confirmation window, click
Delete
. The system deletes the tape from the database
and it no longer displays on the Tape Management screen.
T
APE
L
IBRARY AND
T
APE
D
RIVE
O
PTIONS
The following sections describe putting a tape library or tape drive into standby, activating
a tape library or tape drive currently in standby, editing or deleting an existing tape
partition, and reserving a tape drive so that it is used only for writing or reading data.
Activate a Tape Library Partition
If you add a new tape library to your BlackPearl system, or your existing tape library has
completed service, you must activate the tape partition in the BlackPearl user interface
before the system is able to transfer data to the tape library.
Use the instructions in this section to activate a tape library.
Note:
If you are activating a new tape library, you must create a partition on the library
so that the BlackPearl system can automatically detect the new tape library.
1.
From the menu bar, select
Configuration > Advanced Bucket Management > Storage &
Policy Management
to display the Advanced Bucket Management screen (see
).
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