Cartridge status and slot details – HP 9000 Virtual Library System User Manual

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the options are Connected, Configuration Out of Sync, and Unreachable. The screen also
provides the name and model of the library, number of simultaneous transfers, number of slots,
management URL, and availability.

3.

Expand the destination library in the navigation tree to access more specific information.

Cartridge Status and Slot Details

To view the status of the destination library's slots, expand the library in the navigation tree and
select Slots.

The Summary for Slots screen displays the drive name, barcode, cartridge status, local library,
copy pool, and last mirrored date for each slot number in use. Select a barcode from the list to
see more details on the job history and status for that barcode.

Quickly locate slots of interest using the Advanced Search. See

Advanced Search for Slots (page 67)

.

You can also select Slots State Summary from the navigation tree to see which of all the possible
statuses have slots in that status; if a status is not listed, there are no slots currently in that status.
The number of slots in each status is displayed. Select a status to see a list of the specific slots in
that status.

The Cartridge Status column of the Summary for Slots screen is particularly useful with echo copy
because the backup application is not aware of any copy failures. The status of the physical
cartridges in the destination library will be one of the following:

Description

Pool type

Status message

This cartridge is not part of any pool.

None

Unmanaged

Copying the header from the target cartridge to this newly created
source cartridge. If the barcode of the target cartridge exists anywhere
on the VLS, it is moved into the source library for the copy pool.

Echo Copy

Adding Cartridge

The target and source cartridges have the same contents.

Echo Copy

Up To Date

Waiting for the backup application to update the source cartridge by
appending or overwriting the cartridge over the SAN. A cartridge will

Echo Copy

Waiting for Backup Data*

get into this state when the barcode for the source cartridge already
existed on the source VLS when the (LBR) Echo Copy pool was created
and the source cartridge contained data. It is not possible to replicate
that preexisting content in a deduplicated manner.

The cartridge has been loaded into a drive by the backup application.

Echo Copy

In Use

Creating deduplication instructions.

Echo Copy

Backup Postprocessing*

The source virtual cartridge has been updated by the backup
application since the target cartridge was updated. Instruction creation
is complete.

Echo Copy

Out of Sync

Waiting to acquire resources to run the job to synchronize the target
cartridge with the source cartridge.

Echo Copy

Mirror Scheduled

Mirroring from the target cartridge to the source cartridge.

Echo Copy

Mirroring

A problem was encountered mirroring the cartridge.

Echo Copy

Mirror Broken

Mirroring from the source cartridge to the target cartridge.

Echo Copy

Restoring

Ejecting the target cartridge and about to put the source cartridge into
the firesafe.

Echo Copy

Eject Pending

About to eject the target cartridge and then put the source cartridge
into the firesafe.

Echo Copy

Mirror/Eject Pending

Synchronizing the cartridge in the Destination Library with the source
virtual cartridge. When the mirror job is complete, the target cartridge
will be ejected and the source cartridge will be moved to the firesafe.

Echo Copy

Mirroring before Eject

SAN Destination Library Operations

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