Perform tape operations – Storix Software SBAdmin TSM Edition Users Guide User Manual
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Perform Tape Operations
This option provides a number of useful features for performing tape operations, such as rewinding, ejecting,
checking and reading information from a tape. To use these options, select
Utilities
!Perform a Tape Operation
from the main menu bar. When doing so, a screen similar to the following will display:
You must press the arrow keys next to each entry field to list and select the
Client Name and the Device Name
in which the tape is inserted. To perform an operation, press the radio button next to the desired option and
press the Continue button at the bottom of the screen. Each option is described below:
1.
Rewind: Rewinds the tape in the device
2.
Rewind/Eject: Rewinds, then ejects the tape from the device.
3.
Check if Available: Displays a message indicating whether or not the device is available and a tape is
inserted.
4.
Check if Writable: Displays a message indicating whether or not the device is available, a tape is inserted
and whether or not the write-protect tab on the tape has been set.
5.
Check if Currently Rewound: Displays a message indicating whether or not the tape is currently rewound,
or at beginning of media.
6.
Forward to Backup: To use this option, you must also enter a
in the field to the
right, or you may enter the word “end” to forward to the end of the backup. You may insert any volume of
the backup prior to or including the start of the backup you are forwarding to (or the last tape volume if
forwarding to the end). After forwarding to the end of the last backup on the media, may append additional
backups to the same tape and backup label.
7.
Show Backup Header: Reads the backup header on the tape and displays the header information, which
includes the backup id,
(if any), backup date, volume number, client, job id, backup type, etc.
Note that this differs from showing the backup label since the output of this option pertains only to this tape.
Included in the display will be information showing the current position of the tape within the backup.
8.
Show Block Size: Displays the current physical block size setting for the tape drive. For SBAdmin
backups, the tape block size will always be changed to 0 (variable) before a backup is performed, and it will
remain set to 0 after the backup completes, since the block size must be set the same during a restore as it
was during the backup.
9.
Change Tape Block Size to: You must enter a block size in the field to the right when using this option.
SBAdmin backups are always performed using a variable (0) physical block size setting. If the tape drive
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