Sun Microsystems Virtual Tape Library manual Using the VTL console

CHAPTER 3

Using the VTL console

The Virtual Tape Library console application is the graphical user interface that you use when administering and managing the VTL system. The console provides you with full control over virtual library operations, from creating libraries and tapes to managing disk storage and data migration from disk to physical tape.

The VTL console software is installed on a management workstation that you provide and communicates with the appliance via your local area network (LAN). In most deployments, your Sun service representative will install one instance of the console for you (you can install as many additional instances as you require on other machines, though no more than two instances can access the same VTL server at the same time). For information on installing additional instances of the console, see “Installing the VTL console” on page 143.

The following sections explain how you use the console application:

■“Running the VTL console application” on page 20

■“Populating the console” on page 20

■“Understanding the VTL console interface” on page 22.

Note – For information on the text‐based, VTL command line user interface, see Appendix A, “VTL command line reference” on page 169.

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