Sun Microsystems Virtual Tape Library Setting Auto Archive parameters for virtual tape volumes

Managing virtual libraries

■Otherwise, the wizard skips directly to the Specify Batch Mode Information dialog. So go to “Allocating disk space to virtual tapes” on page 60.

▼Setting Auto Archive parameters for virtual tape volumes

If the new virtual tapes will reside in a library that has the Auto Archive option enabled, proceed as follows.

1.In the Select a Physical Tape Library dialog, check the Create virtual tape(s) to match physical tape(s) ... check box (A below). Press Next (B).

A

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B

Checking the Create virtual tape(s) to match physical tape(s) ...

check box insures that the barcodes of the new virtual tapes will match those of the physical tapes, thus fulfilling an essential prerequisite for auto archiving.

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