HP B6960-90078 manual 660

IMPORTANT

NOTE

ADIC/GRAU DAS and STK ACS Libraries

ADIC/GRAU DAS and STK ACS Integrations

(added to an Data Protector media pool), it remains under Data Protector’s control during its lifetime or until it is removed from the Data Protector media pool.

Each type of media has to have its own library. While the ADIC/GRAU or STK ACS system can store many physically different types of media, Data Protector can only recognize a library with a single type of media in it. Therefore you have to create a Data Protector library for every media type in the DAS system.

The actual physical location of a medium is maintained by the DAS Server (in the ADIC/GRAU library) or the ACS Server (in the STK ACS library), not Data Protector. The DAS or ACS Server tracks the location using its volser. When a medium is moved around the repository, it is not assigned to the same physical slot each time. Therefore, you cannot rely on the slot number when handling the media, but on the barcode (volser).

For media in the device’s repository, Data Protector displays the location as resident. For media stored outside the device’s repository, Data Protector displays the location as non-resident.

Data Protector will not overwrite media containing data in a recognizable format. However, Data Protector can not guarantee that Data Protector data on tapes will not be overwritten by some other application using the same media. We recommend that you make sure that media used by Data Protector are not used by any other application, and vice versa.

Tracking Media Data Protector tracks both Data Protector and non-Data Protector media. For media in a recognizable format, Data Protector displays the format as the media type, such as tar. For media in a non-recognizable format, Data Protector displays foreign as the media type.

Labeling Media Data Protector labels each medium used by Data Protector with the unique medium label and medium ID. Both are stored in the IDB and allow Data Protector to manage the medium. The medium ID is assigned by Data Protector, while the medium label is combined from your description and the volser of this medium.

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