- Sun Storage Virtual Tape Library VTL User Guide

Managing tapes
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UNIXOnbackupserversthatrunSolarisorotherUNIXoperatingsystems,
specifyacompressedtapedevicefilesuchas/dev/ rmt/0cbntoenablecomp re ssion
or/dev/rmt/0ubntodisablecompression.
Windows OnWindowsserversselecttheoptioninyourbackupsoftwareto
enableordisablehardwaretapedrivecompression.If
globalVTLcompre ss io nis
disabled,itispossibletoenableindividualdrivecompression,butitwillhaveno
effect.
Youwillseeacompressioniconnexttoeachvirtualtapedrivewithcompression
enabled.
Managingtapes
Thissection addressesthefollow ingtopics:
Locatingvirtualtapes
Copying atapetoaremoteserver.
Locatingvirtualtapes
Tolocateavirtualtape,proceedasfollows.
Searchingforvirtual tapesby barcode
1. Tolocateavirtualtape,selectEditfromthemainmenu.
2. ThenselectFindfr omthecontextmenu.
3. Whenprompted,enterthefullbarcodeforthevirtualtape,andpressSearch.
Theconsoleopenstheobjecttreeatthevirtual tape.
Stophere.
Replicatingtapes
Thissect ion coverscreatingandworkingwithsynchronizedreplicasofvirtualtapes
onlocaland/orremoteVTLservers.Topicsinclude:
“Settingup tapereplicati on formultipleta pe s” onpage 87