- Sun Storage Virtual Tape Library VTL User Guide

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CHAPTER
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UsingtheVTLconsole
TheVirtualTapeLibraryconsoleapplicationisthegraphicaluserinterface thatyou
usewhenadmin i st ering andmanagingtheVTLsystem.Theconsolepr ovi de syou
withfullcontrolovervirtuallibraryoperations,fromcreatinglibrariesandtapesto
managingdiskstorageanddatamigrationfromdisk tophysic al tape.
TheVTL
consolesoftwareisinstalledonamanagementworkstationthatyou
provideandcommunicateswiththeapp lia nc eviayourlocalarea network(LAN).In
mostdeployments,yourSunservicerepresentativewillinstall oneinstanceofthe
consoleforyou(youcaninst al l asmanyadditionalinstancesasyourequireonother
machines,thoughnomorethantwoinstancescanaccessthesameVTLserveratthe
sametime).Forinformationoninstallingadditionalinstancesoftheconsole,see 
“InstallingtheVTLconsole”onpage 143.
Thefollowingsectionsexplainhowyouusetheconsoleapplication:
■ “Runningthe VTLconsoleapplication”onpage 20
■ “Populatingtheconsole”onpage 20
■ “UnderstandingtheVTL consoleinterface”onpage 22.
Note – Forinformationonthetext‐based,VTLcommandlineuserinterface,see
Appendix A,“VTLcommand linereference”onpage 169.