Managing Tapes; Locating Virtual Tapes; Replicating Tapes - Sun Microsystems Virtual Tape Library User Manual

Managing tapes
UNIX — On backup servers that run Solaris or other UNIX operating systems,
specify a compressed tape device file such as /dev/rmt/0cbn to enable compression
or /dev/rmt/0ubn to disable compression.
Windows — On Windows servers select the option in your backup software to
enable or disable hardware tape drive compression. If global VTL compression is
disabled, it is possible to enable individual drive compression, but it will have no
effect.
You will see a compression icon next to each virtual tape drive with compression
enabled.
Managing tapes
This section addresses the following topics:
Locating virtual tapes
Copying a tape to a remote server.
Locating virtual tapes
To locate a virtual tape, proceed as follows.
Searching for virtual tapes by barcode
1. To locate a virtual tape, select Edit from the main menu.
2. Then select Find from the context menu.
3. When prompted, enter the full barcode for the virtual tape, and press Search.
The console opens the object tree at the virtual tape.
Stop here.
Replicating tapes
This section covers creating and working with synchronized replicas of virtual tapes
on local and/or remote VTL servers. Topics include:
"Setting up tape replication for multiple tapes" on page 87
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