User guide

uNAS/tNASUserGuideVersion1.0 Page69
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Function provides following information:
Name: Name of the tape.
Status: Status of the tape. Status can be one of following:
• Full - tape is full and will not be used for backup until retention time is over,
• Append - new backups will be written at the and of the tape,
• Recycle - the tape will be set to this state when tape status has been set to purged and there
is no other appendable tapes available. Tape will be set for new write from the beginning of the
tape(old data will be deleted),
• Purged - this status will show up when tape retention time is over(old data is still on tape),
• Error - tape will not be used because of errors on tape,
• Used - tape has been set as used once only and cannot be append any more,
• Busy - tape is actually used for backup write.
Used/size: Shows how many MB of data has been written to tape and how many MB of data
can be written to that tape
Action: Action that can be performed on tape:
• Show more info on tape,
• Manually set tape to purged status,
• Remove the tape.
Function: Tape tools
This function provides tools to manage your tape device.
Tape tools:
• tape rewind,
• tape erase,
• tape unload / eject,
• tape load.
When tape library device is connected then tape unload tool will appear. If streamer device is
connected then tape eject tool will appear.
5.2.3.4.2 Backup tasks
Here you can view list of all created backup tasks. Click on backup task name to see more
information about it.