Devices View And Catalog View; Managing Devices With The Devices View - HP BB118BV - StorageWorks Data Protector Express Package User's Manual & Technical Reference

Devices view and Catalog view

The first time you open Data Protector Express, Data Protector Express recognizes any installed
devices — virtual or physical. Data Protector Express provides an intuitive user interface to set up
and monitor these devices. From the Devices view you perform physical operations with the backup
device, such as creating or configuring a device or erasing, formatting and ejecting media. See
Managing Devices with the Devices
folders and media in the Data Protector Express catalog and delete them from the catalog as well.
See Managing Media with the Jobs and Media
the Data Protector Express catalog in one location. See
be executed from this view.
The Jobs and Media view displays media folders and media objects. You can use this view to work with
these catalog objects.
For example, you can create and delete media folders, as well as create and delete media objects, such as
tapes. The Devices view, on the other hand, is used to perform physical operations with the backup device.
For example, media can be erased and formatted from the Devices view.
The difference between the Jobs and Media view and the Devices view is significant: the Jobs and Media
view is used to make changes to the catalog while the Devices view is used to perform operations using
the physical or virtual devices themselves (both media and drives). When you want to make changes
to the catalog, use the Jobs and Media view. When you want to work with the physical media or with
the device itself, use the Devices view.
For example, if you want to change the name of a tape, you make that change on the Jobs and Media view
because you are making a change to the Data Protector Express catalog. However, if you want to identify a
tape by reading its header, you must use the Devices view.
The Catalog view displays all of the objects in the current catalog. This may be useful, on the one hand,
because you will be able to see and work with all the catalog objects at once. On the other hand,
because all of the objects are displayed, it may be difficult to work with this view efficiently.

Managing Devices with the Devices view

Data Protector Express recognizes any installed device that is part of the Data Protector Express
management domain and displays them on the Devices view. You can use the Devices view to perform
operations on any physical or virtual device in the current Data Protector Express Storage Domain.
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Working With Devices
view. Using the Jobs and Media view, you can create media
View. The Catalog view displays all of the objects in
Catalog View. Many commands can also