Instruction manual

UM-MV-86-B1-0801 Cybernetics

90 Operating the Web Control Panel

Enabling host access

1) Choose the slot(s) in the physical stacker that you want to allow host access; you can

select slots individually or in a contiguous group:

• Selecting slots individually: To select more than one slot, hold down the CTRL

(PC) or Command (Mac) key, then and click each slot.

• Selecting slots in a contiguous group: To select a group of slots, click the first

slot in the group, hold down the SHIFT key, and then click the last slot in the group.

2) Choose one of the virtual devices listed in the “Host access” submenu, and the

miSAN-V-Series will temporarily reconfigure the selected virtual device to map to the

physical tape drive.

Using host access

You may load and eject physical tapes at will. If you are using a virtual standalone

drive, the virtual drive simply mirrors the state of the physical drive. If you are

using a virtual stacker, the miSAN-V-Series simulates the operation of a stacker

with only one tape in its inventory. The miSAN-V-Series lets your backup software

move the single physical tape around in the virtual stacker, however the physical

tape just remains loaded in the tape drive. If you physically eject and replace the

tape, to your backup software, it looks like you opened the stacker door, changed

the tape in the magazine slot, and then closed the stacker door.

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Disabling host access

Go back to the “Host access” submenu and choose “Disable”. The miSAN-V-

Series will reconfigure the virtual device to access the virtual tapes rather than the

physical tape drive.

• Job control

This menu enables you to suspend any jobs using the physical tape drive. This

can also be accomplished via the “Jobs” tab (See “Jobs Tab” on page 99).

• Move to slot

This menu option enables you to move the selected tape to another slot. Unavail-

able slots are greyed out.

To allow host access to the ph

sical stacker usin

a virtual tape

drive, select only one slot.

Note

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