HP Data Protector A.06.11 Command Line Interface Manual page 144

of media using -barcode_as_label, -no_barcode_as_label and
MediumLabel options.
• Medium ID (system-assigned)
• Location
The physical devices used for the input and output must be the same device type and
have the same block size.
This copy functionality allows the user to use multiple tapes in order to implement
vaulting with Data Protector. This copy function is a separate function within Data
Protector and cannot be done automatically during backup. Main advantage of this
implementation is that all devices can be used during backup (better performance).
The source and destination devices are backup devices which means they can be
located everywhere in the Data Protector cell. During the copy the destination tape
will be initialized before all data from the source tape is copied.
The writing destination tape will ignore the early end of tape mark and will write
until the physical EOT is reached. If the space on the destination is not sufficient to
keep the whole original tape the copy has to be restarted with a new tape.
After a copy operation both media are tracked in the media management database.
This enables also a listing of the copies for an original media as well as the listing
of the original tape for a copy. If a mount request is issued during a restore session
all tapes which contains the data will be listed (original and copies).
After the operation copy both tapes become nonappendable.
A copy of a copy is not possible.
If the original media get obsolete in the database, which means it is overwritten or
it is exported from the cell, the first copy becomes automatically the original tape.
The omnimcopy command can also be used to perform VLS smart media copies.
Data Protector adds its own media header to the copies on the target media thus
allowing to distinguish between the source and the target medium.
OPTIONS
-version
Displays the version of the omnimcopy command
-help
Displays the usage synopsis for the omnimcopy command
-copy BackupDevice [-slot Slot...]
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