Sun Microsystems Virtual Tape Library manual Select how you want the data exported

Managing tapes

4.When the Select a physical library or drive panel appears, use the list to select the library or device to which you want to export virtual tape (G below). Press Next (H).

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5.Select how you want the data exported.

■Move Mode ‐ Copies the contents of the virtual tape to its physical counterpart and then removes the virtual tape from the system. Specify a grace period if you want to keep the virtual tape for a time before deleting it. If you select EnableTape Duplication on the next dialog, the virtual tape data will not be deleted until the duplication job finishes successfully.

■Copy Mode ‐ Copies the contents of the virtual tape to its physical counterpart and retains the virtual tape after the data is transferred.

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