Spectra Logic T-Series Spectra T200 User Manual page 321

This example shows that, by Week 3, the backup plan results in a full
media rotation in which the operator has done the following:
1. Removed and stored two full TeraPack magazines of media. Full
2. Imported two full TeraPack magazines into the entry/exit pool through
The following sections describe and illustrate the rotation process in more
detail.
December 2008
The library contains 15 full TeraPack magazines and two empty
TeraPack magazines.
Two magazines containing 20 cartridges worth of backup data are sent
off site every Friday.
After the data has aged two weeks, the media is returned to the library
and re-used.
The site adheres to the following best practices:
Whenever a TeraPack magazine is exported, another magazine
(either full or empty) is imported.
The library has enough empty TeraPack magazines to fill the entry/
exit pool.
magazines were moved from the entry/exit pool and removed through
the TAP, resulting in an empty the entry/exit pool.
the TAP and then used the backup software to move the media in the
entry/exit pool into the storage pool.
Moving the media to the storage pool leaves two empty magazines in
the entry/exit pools, ready to accept media as the backup software
identifies media as ready to be ejected from the library.
Working with Media
T200, T380, and T680 Libraries
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