HP B6960-90078 manual Busy Drive Handling, Abort, Eject

Configuring and Using Backup Devices

Busy Drive Handling

Busy Drive Handling

Data Protector expects drives to be empty, i.e., there should not be a medium in the drive unless a restore or backup is currently active. Several factors can cause a medium to still be in a drive, for instance, if the medium was used with a different application and not removed, or if the system writing the data to the tape (Media Agent) failed during the backup. The next backup using this drive has to deal with this situation. Data Protector can respond automatically in several ways. The response is configurable via the library option Busy Drive Handling.

The following options are available:

Abort	The backup will be aborted (default).
Eject	Data Protector will eject the medium from the drive
	and put it in any empty slot.

Eject to mail slot Data Protector will eject the medium from the drive and put it in the library mailslot (CAP).

If the backup continues automatically, select Eject. Because the tape is moved to an unknown slot, the library should be scanned before the next backup.

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