- Sun Storage Virtual Tape Library VTL User Guide

Managing tapes
118 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267
6. SelectorcleartheEjectphysicaltapestoI/Eslotsafterexportcheckbox.
7. SelectEncryptdatawhenexportingtoph ysicaltapewith theselec te dkeyifyou
wanttoencryptth edataonthetape.
Youcanselectthisoptiononly ifatleastoneke yhasbeencreated.Ifyou
selectthis
option,youmustselectthekeytouse.Allthedataonthetapewillbe
indeciphe r ab le untilisimportedbacktoavirtualtape libraryandde cryptedusing
thesameke y.Notethatwhenyouencryptdata,physicaltapedrivecompressionis
disabled;itwillbeenabled
ifyoudonotencryptdata.
8. Indicate ifyouwanttoenabletapeduplication.
Tapeduplicationmakesaduplicatecopyof thephys i c altapewhendata isexported.
Youmusthaveatleasttwoidenticalphysicallibraries(samemode).
9. Ifyouwishtomovethephysicaltapestoanimport/ exportslotafter
theexport
operationiscomplete,checktheEject physical tapes ...checkbox
(
K above).
10. Ifyouwi sh toencryptthephysicaltape,checktheEncrypt data ...checkbox,
andsupplyakeyusingthecontrolprovided(
L above).
11. PressNext(
M above).
12. WhentheSelect Virtual Tape(s)pan elappears,selecteachvirtualtapethat
youwanttoexportusingthecheckboxesat left(
N below)orusetheselection
buttons(
P).
13. Foreachtape,checktheSame Barcodecheckbox(
Q below)unlessyoudonot
wanttopreserveth ebarcode.
IfyouchecktheSame Barcodecheckbox,the VT Lsoftwarewillautomatically
exporttoaphysicalcartridgewiththesamebarcodeasthevirtualcartridge.
Yourbackupapplicationmaynotbe able torestoredatafromthephysicalbackup
tapeifthe
barcodediffersfromthatofthevirtualtape.
14. Ifyo u didnotchecktheSame Barcodecheckbox(
Q below),usethePhysical
Tapespinnercontrol (
R)toselectthephysicaltapethatwillholdtheexported
data.