User's Guide

Backing Up and Restoring Files
Checking the Current Tape Drive Status
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Checking the Current Tape Drive Status
Tape Backup Job Status
The Tape Backup Job Status screen displays the status of your current or
last backup job.
To view this screen using the NetStorage web interface:
1 Click the Backup/Restore tab.
2 Select Tape Status > Backup Job Status.
The fields are:
Note Make sure you view the tape log when the job completes to determine
which tapes were written to. This procedure is the only way to know
which tapes were used. Remove those tapes from the Autoloader and label
them. For more information, see “Tape Log” on page 5-14.
The screen refreshes every 10 seconds.
Field Description
Device Status Ready, Backup Running, Restore Running,
Testing a Tape, or Unknown.
Job Name Name you have given the backup job.
Job Status In progress or complete.
Errors Number of errors that occurred during the job. To
view the error log for this tape, click Tape Log.
Job Start Time Date and time the job began.
Job End Time Date and time the job finished.
Job Length in
Minutes
Time it took to complete the job.
Files Processed Number of files processed.
Bytes Processed Number of bytes processed.
Tapes Used Number of tapes the job required.