- Sun Storage Virtual Tape Library VTL User Guide

Understanding the VTL console interface
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VirtualTapeLibrarySystem
TheVirtual Tape Library Systembranchoftheobjecttreeisthepri ma ry
managementtoolforrout ineVTLoperations.Right‐clickingonthesubbranchesof
theVirtual Tape Library Systemgivesyouaccesstocontextsensitivemenus
thatcontrolmostofthecommonVTLmanagementoperations.
VirtualTapeLibrarySystem icons
Thefollowingtableexplainstheiconsthatrepresentvirtualtapedrivesandvirtual
tapesintheconsoleobjecttree.
ThestructureoftheVirtualTapeLibrarySystem
TheVirtual Tape Librariesbranch liststhevirtualtapelibrariesthatare
currentlydefined.Each virtualtapelibrarycontainsavirtualtapedrivebranch
containin goneormoredrivesandavirtualtapebranchcontainingoneormore
tapes,sortedinbarcodeorder.RightclickingonthemembersoftheVirtual Tape
Librariessubbranch 
bringsupacontextmenulistingoperationsthatcanbe 
performedonthebranch.Theseinclude:
■ assigningvirtualtapelibrariesand/ordrivetoSANclients(backupservers).
■ creatinganddele tingvirtualtapes
■ creatinganddele tingvirtualtapedrives
■ enablingreplicationorauto‐archivingfeaturesfortapesinthelibrary
■ settingAutomatedTapeCachingpolicies(ifyouareusingthisoption)
■ enabling,disabling,orconfiguringthetapecapacityondemandfeature
■ movingvirtualtapesbetweenslots,drives,and the virtualvault
■ modifyingtapeproperties,suchasbarcodesandwriteprotection
TheVirtual Tape Drivesbranchli st sthestan dalon evirtualtape drivesthatare
currentlydefined.Rightclickingonthe membersoftheVirtual Tape Drives
subbranchbringsup acontextmenulistingoperationsthatcanbeperformedon the
branch.
Icon Description
TheCiconindicates thatavirtualtapedrivehascompressionenabled.
The
Aicon indicat es thatavirtualtapeisacacheforaphysicaltape. Requires
theAutomated TapeCachingopt io n .
The
Siconindicatesadirectlinktape(alinkto thephysicaltape).Requiresthe
AutomatedTapeCaching  optio n .