Running A San Destination Library Drive Assessment Test; Lan/Wan Destination Library Operations; Exporting Data To Physical Tapes For Tape Initialization - HP StorageWorks 9000 - Virtual Library System User Manual

Running a SAN Destination Library Drive Assessment Test

To run a drive assessment test:
1. Place the appropriate library offline (see
2. In the navigation pane, select the drive to be tested.
3. From the task bar, select Drive Assessment Test.
A dialog box displays, warning that the test will erase all data on a cartridge, if there is a
cartridge on that drive.
4. Select OK.
The DRIVE ASSESSMENT TEST screen displays and asks for a mailslot containing a
known-good-cartridge to use for the test.
5. Enter the appropriate mailslot.
6. Select Submit.
7. The Drive Test Results screen displays, with a message indicating a successful test.
8. Select Download drive assessment results to view the command sent to the drive.
9. Select Finish.
10. Place the library online (see

LAN/WAN Destination Library Operations

The following sections describe the destination library operations for LAN/WAN libraries available
to the user.
Three operations also apply to SAN destination libraries and are explained in
"SAN Destination Library
• "Monitoring Destination Library
• "Placing a Library Offline or
• "Copying Outside of the Policy

Exporting Data to Physical tapes for Tape Initialization

NOTE:
Before beginning the export process, verify that the physical tape library exporting the data uses the
same number of barcode characters as the physical tape library that will import the data. If the
barcodes do not match exactly, the import process will not work. See your tape library user manuals
for information on checking and configuring the number of barcode characters used.
1. Create a LAN/WAN replication target on the remote site. See
"Creating a LAN/WAN Replication
2. Create a virtual library on the source site. See
3. On the source site, create an echo copy pool on the newly created LAN/WAN replication target.
See "Creating an Echo Copy
box.
"Placing a Library Offline or
"Placing a Library Offline or
Operations" on page 103:
Status" on page 104
Online" on page 108
Window" on page 108
Target" on page 115.
Pool" on page 89. Be sure to check the "Initialize via Tape Transport"
Online" on page 108).
"Creating a Virtual Library" on page 169.
HP StorageWorks
Online" on page 108).
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