Sun Microsystems Virtual Tape Library manual Disabling a policy, Relinking physical tapes

Managing tape caching

1.In the object tree of the VTL console, right‐click on the direct link tape that you wish to recache.

2.Select Renew Cache from the context menu.

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▼Disabling a policy

To disable a tape caching policy:

1.In the object tree of the VTL console, right‐click on a virtual tape library, and select Automated Tape Caching from the context menu.

2.Clear the Enable Tape Caching Policy check box.

All the options that you previously set are retained, but data migration will not occur automatically until you select this check box again.

3.Click OK.

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▼Relinking physical tapes

If a directly linked physical tape is ejected from the physical tape library after the virtual tape has been released from cache, you have to relink the physical tape before you can access it from the VTL console.

Note – Once the physical tape is reloaded in a library, the backup application can inventory access the library and access the tape directly, if necessary.

1.In the object tree of the VTL console, right‐click on the virtual tape library, and select Sync Library from the context menu.

2.If you have multiple libraries, select the appropriate physical library.

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