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NetVault 12.4 - Administration Guide

Introduction Getting started Configuring clients Managing catalog search Configuring storage devices
About storage devices SAN considerations Quest DR Series systems Quest QoreStor NetVault SmartDisk EMC Data Domain Systems Snapshot Array Manager Virtual Tape Libraries Virtual standalone drives Shared Virtual Tape Libraries Physical tape devices Storage tiers
Backing up data Managing policies Restoring data Managing NetVault Backup dashboard Managing jobs Monitoring logs Managing storage devices
Role-based access to manage storage devices Monitoring device activity Managing disk-based storage devices in list view Managing disk-based storage devices in tree view Managing the Snapshot Array Manager Managing tape libraries in list view Managing tape libraries in tree view Managing tape drives in list view Managing tape drives in tree view Adding shared devices
Managing storage media Managing user and group accounts Monitoring events and configuring notifications Reporting in NetVault Backup Working with client clusters Configuring default settings for NetVault Backup
About configuring default settings Configuring encryption settings Configuring plug-in options Configuring default settings for post-scripts Configuring default settings for Verify Plug-in Configuring Deployment Manager Settings Configuring Job Manager settings Configuring Logging Daemon settings Configuring Media Manager settings Configuring Network Manager settings Configuring Process Manager settings Configuring RAS device settings Configuring Schedule Manager settings Configuring Web Service settings Configuring Auditor Daemon settings Configuring firewall settings Configuring general settings Configuring security settings Synchronizing NetVault Time Configuring the reporting utility Configuring NetVault Backup WebUI default settings Configuring NetVault Backup to use a specific VSS provider Configuring default settings using Txtconfig
Diagnostic tracing Managing diagnostic data Using the deviceconfig utility NetVault Backup processes Environment variables Network ports used by NetVault Backup Troubleshooting
Common errors Safe Mode in NetVault Backup

Manually submitting a drive cleaning request

You can manually submit a drive cleaning request from the Tape Drive Management page.

To manually submit a drive cleaning job:
1
In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices.
2
In the list of devices, locate and click the drive.
3
Click Clean.
After the task is completed, a message is displayed.

Unloading a tape

To unload a tape:
1
In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices.
2
In the list of devices, locate and click the drive.
3
Click Unload.
After unload request is sent successfully, a message is displayed.
In a library, the tape is moved to an available slot, while in a standalone drive the tape is ejected.

Loading a tape

To load a tape:
1
In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices.
2
In the list of slots, select the slot that contains the tape, and click Load.
After the load request is sent successfully, a message is displayed.
The tape is loaded in an available drive.

Marking media for re-use

To manually mark a piece of media for re-use:
1
In the Navigation pane, click Manage Devices.
2
In the list of drive/slot, click the drive/slot in which the piece of media resides, and click Re-use.
3
In the confirmation dialog, click OK.
4
When a piece of media is manually marked for re-use, NetVault Backup will retain its media label and group associations. To reuse such media, you must set the Reuse Media option on the Target tab to either Any or With Same Group Label as Target Media. NetVault Backup will overwrite the existing data on the media when they are re-used.
 
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NOTE: The media re-use option does not work for the NetVault SmartDisk devices. The NetVault SmartDisk devices use a process called Garbage Collection which finds and removes the chunks that are no longer in use from the chunk store and reclaims the disk space.
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