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Loading Media into an Echo Copy Pool for Overwrite, Clear All, Select Slot, Next Step

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6. For all mailslots, the destination slots are automatically populated with the first available slots. To keep the automatic assignment, skip to Step 10. To assign the destination slots manually, continue to the next step. If the Destination Slot Number for each mailslot displays "None," the copy pool you selected is full. Select another copy pool and the Destination Slot Number column will show the automatic assignment. 7. Click Clear All to clear the automatic assignments. 8. Hover over the first Select Slot link to display a list of the available destination slots. Select a slot number from the list. After you select a slot from the available destination slots, that slot no longer appears in the list. 9. Hover over each Select Slot link until you have selected a destination slot for each mailslot. 10. Click Next Step. A confirmation screen displays. 11. Click Load. The Media Move History screen displays the current status of the move. The possible status messages are Moving, Waiting, Successful, and Failed. If the status of the move is still Moving or Waiting, you can click Cancel to stop the move. Automigration will then automatically create a matching blank virtual cartridge in the source virtual library defined for this echo copy pool if one does not already exist. CAUTION: Any tape moved into an echo copy pool in this way will be considered blank even if it contains data. Loading Media into an Echo Copy Pool for Overwrite To load an expired tape (a tape that was previously backed-up to and is being reused) from a mailslot on a destination library into an echo copy pool, use Load Media for Overwrite. From Command View VLS: 1. Select the Automigration/Replication tab. 2. In the navigation tree, expand Destination Libraries and then the library of interest. 3. Select Mailslot to display the list of mailslots on that library. 4. From the task bar, select Load Media for Overwrite to open the Load Media for Overwrite screen. 5. From the drop-down box, select the copy pool you want to load the media into. 6. For all mailslots, the destination slots are automatically populated with the first available slots. To keep the automatic assignment, skip to Step 10. To assign the destination slots manually, continue to the next step. If the Destination Slot Number for each mailslot displays "None," the copy pool you selected is full. Select another copy pool and the Destination Slot Number column will show the automatic assignment. 7. Click Clear All to clear the automatic assignments. 8. Hover over the first Select Slot link to display a pop-up box of the available destination slots. Select a slot number from the box. After you select a slot from the available destination slots, that slot no longer appears in the pop-up box. 60 Automigration/Replication

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6.
For all mailslots, the destination slots are automatically populated with the first available slots.
To keep the automatic assignment, skip to
Step 10
. To assign the destination slots manually,
continue to the next step.
If the Destination Slot Number for each mailslot displays
“
None,
”
the copy pool you selected is
full. Select another copy pool and the Destination Slot Number column will show the automatic
assignment.
7.
Click
Clear All
to clear the automatic assignments.
8.
Hover over the first
Select Slot
link to display a list of the available destination slots. Select a slot
number from the list.
After you select a slot from the available destination slots, that slot no longer appears in the list.
9.
Hover over each
Select Slot
link until you have selected a destination slot for each mailslot.
10.
Click
Next Step
. A confirmation screen displays.
11.
Click
Load
. The
Media Move History
screen displays the current status of the move. The possible
status messages are Moving, Waiting, Successful, and Failed.
If the status of the move is still Moving or Waiting, you can click
Cancel
to stop the move.
Automigration will then automatically create a matching blank virtual cartridge in the source
virtual library defined for this echo copy pool if one does not already exist.
CAUTION:
Any tape moved into an echo copy pool in this way will be considered blank even if it contains data.
Loading Media into an Echo Copy Pool for Overwrite
To load an expired tape (a tape that was previously backed-up to and is being reused) from a mailslot
on a destination library into an echo copy pool, use
Load Media for Overwrite
. From Command View
VLS:
1.
Select the
Automigration/Replication
tab.
2.
In the navigation tree, expand
Destination Libraries
and then the library of interest.
3.
Select
Mailslot
to display the list of mailslots on that library.
4.
From the task bar, select
Load Media for Overwrite
to open the Load Media for Overwrite screen.
5.
From the drop-down box, select the copy pool you want to load the media into.
6.
For all mailslots, the destination slots are automatically populated with the first available slots.
To keep the automatic assignment, skip to
Step 10
. To assign the destination slots manually,
continue to the next step.
If the Destination Slot Number for each mailslot displays
“
None,
”
the copy pool you selected is
full. Select another copy pool and the Destination Slot Number column will show the automatic
assignment.
7.
Click
Clear All
to clear the automatic assignments.
8.
Hover over the first
Select Slot
link to display a pop-up box of the available destination slots.
Select a slot number from the box.
After you select a slot from the available destination slots, that slot no longer appears in the
pop-up box.
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