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Viewing Slot Information, Slot Status-Either Active, Unvaulted, Temporary Check In, Manual Check

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The Media Management Process Viewing Slot Information When tape volumes have been assigned to slots in a vault, MM Admin displays slot information for the vault. Select the Vault object in the left pane of the MM Admin window and expand it. When you select a particular vault from the list, the right pane of the MM Admin window displays a view of the vault and its slots. This view provides the following information: ■ Media Name-Lists the media name, ID, sequence number, and serial number. ■ Slot Status-Either Active, Unvaulted, Temporary Check In, Manual Check In, or Manual Check In and Retire: - Active-The media has been sent to this vault. - Unvaulted-The media has not yet been sent to this vault. - Temporary Check In-The media will be checked in temporarily during the next vault cycle. - Manual Check In-The media will be checked in during the next vault cycle. - Manual Check In and Retire-The media will be checked in and retired during the next vault cycle. ■ Slot Name-Lists the vault name and slot number. ■ Media Export Status-Either Ready, Success, or Fail: - Ready-The default status. The media has been assigned to the vault, but has not been exported from the tape library to the mail slot yet. - Success-Appears once the media is successfully exported to the mail slot. - Fail-Appears if MM Admin failed to export the media to the mail slot. ■ Local-Either Yes or No. Yes appears if the media belongs to a local machine. No appears if it belongs to a remote machine. ■ Create Date-The date the slot was created. When you highlight a media name, additional information appears in the Properties pane in the lower right-hand corner of the page. This information includes the media name, serial number, random ID, host name, slot status, slot name, media export status, media type, media class, last write, last read, and slot creation date. Because MM Admin lets you start a vault cycle only with local media, the media icon appears in yellow if the vaulted media is not a local media with a remote host name. If you want to start a vault cycle with a remote media, use the ca_mmo -startall command line utility. See The ca_mmo Command in this chapter for more information about command line utilities for media management. Because slots are automatically created when a tape volume is vaulted, you typically have no reason to update slot information. Managing Devices and Media 7-35

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The Media Management Process
Managing Devices and Media
7–35
Viewing Slot Information
When tape volumes have been assigned to slots in a vault, MM Admin displays
slot information for the vault. Select the Vault object in the left pane of the MM
Admin window and expand it. When you select a particular vault from the list, the
right pane of the MM Admin window displays a view of the vault and its slots.
This view provides the following information:
Media Name—Lists the media name, ID, sequence number, and serial
number.
Slot Status—Either Active, Unvaulted, Temporary Check In, Manual Check In,
or Manual Check In and Retire:
Active—The media has been sent to this vault.
Unvaulted—The media has not yet been sent to this vault.
Temporary Check In—The media will be checked in temporarily during
the next vault cycle.
Manual Check In—The media will be checked in during the next vault
cycle.
Manual Check In and Retire—The media will be checked in and retired
during the next vault cycle.
Slot Name—Lists the vault name and slot number.
Media Export Status—Either Ready, Success, or Fail:
Ready—The default status. The media has been assigned to the vault, but
has not been exported from the tape library to the mail slot yet.
Success—Appears once the media is successfully exported to the mail slot.
Fail—Appears if MM Admin failed to export the media to the mail slot.
Local—Either Yes or No. Yes appears if the media belongs to a local machine.
No appears if it belongs to a remote machine.
Create Date—The date the slot was created.
When you highlight a media name, additional information appears in the
Properties pane in the lower right-hand corner of the page. This information
includes the media name, serial number, random ID, host name, slot status, slot
name, media export status, media type, media class, last write, last read, and slot
creation date. Because MM Admin lets you start a vault cycle only with local
media, the media icon appears in yellow if the vaulted media is not a local media
with a remote host name. If you want to start a vault cycle with a remote media,
use the ca_mmo -startall command line utility. See
The ca_mmo Command
in this
chapter for more information about command line utilities for media
management.
Because slots are automatically created when a tape volume is vaulted, you
typically have no reason to update slot information.