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On the Explore Tape Storage page, you can view the media table. |
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Label: Media label. |
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Group: Media group label. |
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Barcode: Media barcode. |
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Library: Name of the library. |
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Record Count: Number of data records stored in the tape. |
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Saveset Count: Number of savesets stored in the tape. |
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Space Free: Amount of free space available. |
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Space Used: Amount of space used. |
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Online: Tape is online () or offline (). |
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On the Explore Tape Media Item page, you can view the following information: |
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Tape summary: This area shows the following information: |
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Barcode: Media barcode. |
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Label: Media label. |
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Group: Media group label. |
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Library: Name of the library where the tape resides. |
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Offsite Location: Off-site location, if specified. |
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Media Type: Disk file (virtual tape) or physical tape. |
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Data Stored: Total data stored in the tape. |
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Space Available: Amount of free space available. |
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Reuse Policy: Tape can be reused or not. |
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Date Last Written: Date on which the last write operation was performed. |
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Date Last Read: Date on which the read operation was performed. |
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Times Reused: The number of times the tape has been reused. |
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Read Errors: Number of read errors. |
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Write Errors: Number of write errors. |
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Usable: Tape is usable or unusable. |
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Read-Only: Tape is marked read-only or not. |
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Media Online: Tape is online or offline. |
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Media Usage: Pie chart showing the amount of storage used by various savesets. |
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Saveset table: The Saveset table lists all backups stored in the repository. It shows the saveset creation date, saveset name, saveset size, job ID number, instance number, and phase number. |
This section includes the following topics:
By default, NetVault assigns a system-generated string to a blank media item. You can modify the configuration settings to use media barcodes as the default labels. For more information, see Configuring general settings for Media Manager.
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In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices. |
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Select the type of media that you want to label. The available options are:
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Select the type of media label. The available options are:
– Label: Specify the string that you want to use as the media label.
– Seed: To identify individual media items, a sequential number is added to the user-defined string. The option defines the initial value for the sequence. This value is increased by one for each item. The default value for this option is one. | |||||||||
To label all media items in the selected library, select this check box. | |||||||||
To label specific media items, select the individual media items in the list. |
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Click OK to save the settings. |
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In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices. |
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Click Bulk Label. |
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In the Bulk Label Media window, configure the following parameters: |
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Type of Media to Label: Select the type of media to be labeled: |
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Blank: Select this check box to label any blank, non-labeled piece of media in a device that is currently accessible to the NetVault Server. |
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Other: Select this check box to bulk label media types that do not belong to any category listed here. |
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NetVault 5: Select this check box to label any piece of media that was used to back up data with NetVault 5.x. |
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Reusable: Select this check box to label a piece of media that is marked as reusable. |
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Type of Label: Select the type of media label: |
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Barcode: To use media barcodes as the media labels, select this option. |
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Machine and Date: To generate a string using the NetVault Server Name, Current Date, and a Seed Number, select this option. |
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User: To assign a user-defined label, select User, and enter the following details: |
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Label: Enter the string to be used as media label. NetVault does not support a “%” character in the string. A media label can contain alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric characters, but it cannot include Non-English characters. |
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Seed: For the identification of individual media items, NetVault adds a sequential number to the user-defined string. The Seed parameter provides the initial value for the sequence. This value is incremented by one for each media item. The default value for Seed is one. |
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Group Label: To add the media items to a group, select the group label in the list. If you want to create a new group label, enter the string. The group label can contain alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric characters, but it cannot include Non-English characters. |
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Select Media Items: Select the applicable method: |
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Select Individual Media Items: In the media list, select the individual media items for labeling. To select consecutive items, hold down the Shift key while clicking with the mouse button; to select nonconsecutive items, hold down the Ctrl key while clicking with the mouse button. |
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Select All Media Items: To label all media items in the list, select the All Media in List check box. |
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Enter ‘LABEL’ to Confirm Request: To confirm bulk labeling, enter LABEL in the box. This string is case insensitive. |
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Click OK. |
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In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices, and in the list of devices, click the icon to open the library that contains the tape. |
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Click OK to save the settings and close the dialog box. |
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In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices, and in the list of devices, open the library that contains the tape. |
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In the Media Label dialog box, configure the following options. |
Select MTF on Windows and CPIO on Linux/UNIX. |
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Click OK to save the settings and close the dialog box. |
After blanking, a tape becomes available to NetVault for storing future backups. Hence, before blanking a media, ensure that tenant’s savesets are not present on that media.
The following sections describe the procedures that you can use to blank tape media:
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In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices. |
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To blank all media items in the Media that can be blanked list, select this check box. | |
To blank specific media items, select the items in this list. | |
Type the password for the NetVault Server. If no password is set for the NetVault Server, provide the system's root or administrator password. | |
To confirm, type BLANK (case-insensitive) in this box. |
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Click OK. |
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In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices. |
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Click Bulk Blank. |
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In the Bulk Blank Media dialog box, configure the following parameters: |
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Select Individual Media Items: In the media list, select the individual media items for blanking. To select consecutive items, hold down the Shift key while clicking with the mouse button; to select non-consecutive items, hold down the Ctrl key while clicking with the mouse button. |
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Select All Media Items: To blank all media items in the list, select the All Media in List check box. |
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Password: Enter the password for the NetVault Server. |
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Enter ‘BLANK’ to Confirm Request: To confirm bulk blanking, enter BLANK in the box. This string is case-insensitive. |
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Click OK. |
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To blank a tape from the Manage Devices page: |
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In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices, and in the list of devices, click the icon to open the library that contains the tape. |
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To blank a tape from the Explore Storage page: |
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In the Navigation pane, click Explore Storage. |
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In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices, click the slot that has the tape. |
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