BackBox H4.00 User Manual

User Interface
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VT Controller ID: VTC where physical tape devices are attached for reading the
tape volumes.
Tape Device: Select a device among physical tape devices configured in the VT
Controller Advanced properties, or select “All tape devices”.
Idle time out: Maximum time the VTC will wait for the first media and for a
new media be loaded by the auto-loader or by a manual load before ending the
Virtualization session.
Catalog Search in Nodes: Select one of the nodes that contains tape catalogs
named in Volume Groups, or select “ALL NODES” to search in all catalogs.
A safe and still easy to operation mode is to send volumes of a single node in a
virtualization batch, and to specify the node name in this field to be sure there
will be no inter-nodes mix-up.
Volume Group for Non-Cataloged Volumes: Selects the Volume Group where
the volume is created. The Volume Group determines in which Data Store the
volume is created as well as other characteristics of the virtual volume (ex:
capacity, external catalog, etc.)
TMF DUMP Type: If the chosen Volume Group catalog type is TMF, an
additional element is required. The possible values are AUDIT DUMP and ONLINE
DUMP.
Comment: User comment. This comment is stored in each created volume entry
in the BackPak catalog.
Allow volume to be automatically mounted: Check to have the created
volumes automatically loaded when a mount request is issued in EMS.
Volume lock: prohibits any update of the volume content by the NonStop tape
applications. This is similar to an infinite retention. This attribute is also is stored
in the volume entries created in the BackPak catalog.