Restore From An Auto Configuration Save File - Spectra TFinity User Manual

Chapter 12 — Library Troubleshooting
User Privilege Requirements Only a user with superuser or administrator
privileges can restore the library configuration and the MLM and DLM
databases. To restore BlueScale encryption keys, the user must also be
logged in as an encryption user. See Understanding User Groups and
Security on page 103 and the Spectra Tape Libraries Encryption User Guide for
information.

Restore From an Auto Configuration Save File

The advanced utility called "Restore Library Configuration from Auto
Save" uses the configuration backup file that the library generates
automatically to restore the library configuration, the MLM and DLM
databases, and any BlueScale encryption keys that were stored in the
library when the backup file was created (see Use Automatic Backup of the
Library Configuration on page 142).
Before restoring your system using the automatically generated backup file, check
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the time stamp included in the file name to ensure that you have the most current
file.
The library does not automatically save a backup when you make changes to any of
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the library configuration settings other than those for partitions. Any changes
made since the last backup will need to be entered manually.
The library automatically generates a configuration backup file whenever
any of the following events occurs:
 When you make a change to a partition, the library immediately
 Changes to any of the library configuration settings other than those for
 If you cannot restore from the configuration backup file on the LCM
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generates a configuration backup file and saves it to the memory card
in the LCM. If you configured the option to email the backup file, the
backup file will be sent as an email attachment to the specified recipient
(see Enable Email for the Auto Configuration Save File on page 122).
partitions are automatically saved in the configuration backup file that
the library creates each week. The timing for this backup is based on the
first time the automatic backup file is generated.
and you have manually generated backups of the library configuration
and the MLM database that are more current than the available
automatically generated configuration backup file that is saved
elsewhere, you may want to use those backups instead of the
automatically generated configuration backup file (see Restore the
Library Configuration Using a Saved Configuration on page 397 and
Restore the MLM and DLM Databases on page 399).
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