- Sun Storage Virtual Tape Library VTL User Guide

Managing virtual libraries
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Stophere.
Recoveringtheserverconfiguration
IftheVTLserverconfiguration islostorcorrupt,youcanrecoveritfromabackup
fileusingtheprocedurebelow.
Caution – Thisisadisasterrecoveryprocedureonly.Neverex ecuteitduringday‐
to‐dayoperationofthese rver.Restoringaconfiguration overwritesexistingvirtual
deviceandclientco nfig urat ions anddoesnotrestoreVTLpartitioninformation.
▼ Restoringth econfiguration
1. Intheob je ct treeoftheVTLconsole,selectthebranchfortheVTLserverthathas
lostitsconfigurationinformation.
2. FromtheVTLmainmenu,se le ctTools.
3. Fromthesubmenu,selectRestore Configuration.
4. ClickOKtoconfirm.
5. Whenprompted,locatethebackupconfigurationfile.
TheVTLserverrestarts.Resourcesadded af terthe
configuration wassavedwill
showupintheVirtual Vaultaftertheconfigurationisrestored.Deleted
resourceswillbedisplayedin thevirtualtapelibrarywithareddot,indicating
incomplete status.
Stophere.
ProtectingVTLmetadata
TheVTLdatabaseholdsthemetadatathatmapsdatastoredonvirtualtape to
locationsonthephysical,random‐access diskmedia.Withoutthiscritical
information,virtualtapedatacannotberecovered,sopr otecti ngitisessential.
SunStorageTekVTLappliancesprotectthisme tadat abystoringitonaRAID
system,
asetofstoragedisksconfigu r edtosurvivethe lossofanysi ng le memberof
thesetwith outlossofdata.