Backup Tape Status
Most important status information about available backup tapes is
displayed on this screen. Cleaning tapes are not shown.
Here is a description of each displayed tape property:
- The tape name: this is the name of
the logical Arkeia backup tape as created through the
Where to backup > Backup to tape >
Tapes
menu.
- The tape type: this is the type of
the tape. Supported tape types are listed in the
Where to backup > Backup to tape >
Tape Technologies > Tape Types
menu.
- The tape status: this is the main
status of tape. Here is the list of possible status:
- Never written: Just after it has been created
through the
Where to backup
> Backup to tape > Tapes
menu, a tape is in the
Never written
state.
- Labeled: The first operation to perform against the
new tape is to write a label to it. After the label has been
written to the tape, it is in the
Labeled
state. -
- Partially used: A tape is in this state if it
contains some data, but is not full.
- Full: No more data can be written to the tape.
- Recycled: the tape contains no more data, because
a recycling operation was performed.
- The tape access: this information
defines the way the tape is accessed (manual or automatic).
- Manually mountable: Arkeia will ask the user to
insert the tape for all backup and restore operations. By
default, a tape is created in this mode.
- Automatically mountable: The tape is in a tape
library or changer, automatically accessible during backup
or restore. The tape automatically switches to this mode
when Arkeia detects it in a library or changer.
- On line: This tape is already in the drive,
accessible for backup and restore operations. The tape
automatically switches to this mode after a positive tape
access.
- Physically damaged: The tape has to be switched
manually to this mode when the user wishes to declare it
physically damaged.
- Secured in vault: The tape has to be switched
manually to this mode when the user wishes to declare it
secured in vault.
- The last write date: this is the date
of the last write operation performed to the tape.
- The retention date: this is the date
at which data currently on tape will be recycled. Obviously, this
information is present only if the tape contains some data: in
this case, the
Used space
field is different from zero and the Status
field is either Partially used
or Full
.
- The used space (in MB): the amount of
data currently stored ontape.