Sun Microsystems Virtual Tape Library manual Working with the Event Log

Working with the Event Log

4.Right‐click on one of the tapes that you want to shred (G above), and select Tape Shredding (H) and Shred Tape (J) from the context menus.

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5.When the Shred Virtual Tape Resource dialog appears, check the Delete After Shredding check box (K above) if you wish to delete the tape after shredding.

6.In the space provided, type YES (L above) to confirm the shredding operation, and press OK (M).

You can view the status by highlighting the virtual tape in the vault. The status bar displays the progress.

If you want to cancel the shredding process, right‐click on the tape or the Virtual Vault object and select Tape Shredding > Cancel.

Note – Tape shredding may adversely affect backup performance. We recommend that you perform tape shredding when there are no backups running.

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Working with the Event Log

The Event Log details significant occurrences during the operation of the VTL Server. The Event Log can be viewed in the VTL Console when you highlight a server in the tree and select the Event Log tab in the right pane.

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