Virtual TapeServer 6.04.03 Operations and Administration Guide

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Virtual Media pages
Most tasks are performed on the Virtual Media page, including managing the following:
• Cartridges (virtual tapes)
•Pools
• Mounts and locks
• Imports and exports from and to physical drives
• Instant DR operations
The Virtual Media - Operation page is the homepage, though you can click Virtual Media on
the navigation pane to display the Virtual Media - Operation page again. The refresh button
at the top of the page enables you to update the information displayed on the page.
If VTS is not running, this page displays the following message: “TapeServer is not
running!” To start VTS, click Supervisor Functions on the navigation pane and then click
Start TapeServer (under Processes). You must have the Stop and Start TapeServer access
right to start VTS.
The table lists the host devices, pools, and virtual tapes configured on the VTS server. (This
information is not listed if VTS is not running.) The host devices are the virtual tape drives
that are displayed on the System Overview page (click View Configurations to view this
page). The virtual tape drives correspond to vaults that were configured before VTS shipped.
You can sort the contents of the table by clicking a column heading; by default, the contents
are sorted by host device.
• The size(MB) column indicates whether a tape is unlabeled (empty) or labeled (0). It also
indicates the data capacity that is used after a backup runs. (If a labeled tape is erased,
the value in this column returns to 0.) If you click the link, a pop-up dialog box is
displayed listing tape data.
• The c/ratio column indicates the compression ratio, if compression is enabled for VTS.
• If the limit column is displayed, it specifies the pool size limit next to all virtual tapes in a
pool. The limit is set on the Pool Maintenance page.