Media Operations - How To
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Load Media
Export Media
View Contents
Move Media
Delete Media
Delete Contents
Erase Media
Discover Media
Mark Media Bad
Mark Media Good
Mark Media Full
Mark Media Appendable
Mark Media Reusable
Prevent Reuse
Load a Media to a Drive
Required Capability:
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To
load a media to a drive:
- In the left pane of the CommCell Browser, click the Media in Library
node.
All the media available in the library are displayed in the right-pane.
- From the right pane of the CommCell Browser, right-click the media that you want to
load into a drive, and then click Load Media.
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The Load Media option will be displayed only for
those media that are available in the library. |
- From the
Load Media dialog box specify the resources that must be used to load media
into a drive.
- Click OK.
The system will attempt to load the media into the specified drive. A
event message is displayed in the Event Viewer after the successful
completion of the operation.
Export a Specific Media
Required Capability: Library Management
To export
a specific media:
- From the CommCell Console select the media you wish to export from one of
the following pools or dialog boxes:
- Media in Library (discovered and undiscovered media) pool
- Scratch pools
- Cleaning Media pool
- Retired Media pool
- Assigned Media pool
- Media List dialog box which appears when you select the View
Media option that appears when you right-click a Storage Policy copy.
- Media List dialog box which appears when you select the
Change Data Path option that appears when you right-click a Storage Policy
copy.
- Media Used By Job ID dialog box which appears when you select the View
Media option from the Data Protections Job History, Backup
Job History, or Data Migration History windows.
- Right-click the media that you want to export, and then click Export.
- In the Export Media dialog box, enter an optional description of the
location outside the library where the media will be stored.
- Click OK.
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The location field is for display purposes only, to help you keep track of
exported media. The MediaAgent has no control over media once they leave the library; it is
your responsibility to ensure that exported media are stored in the location entered. |
- An Export Media prompt appears, prompting you remove the media. Do one of the following:
- If you are exporting through a mail slot, click OK, wait for the media
to be moved to the mail slot, and then remove them from the library.
- If you are removing media directly, click OK, open the library door, remove the media that you
want to export, and then close the door.
View the Contents of a Media
Required Capability:
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To
view the contents of a media
- From the CommCell Browser, in the Media in Library pool or the Assigned
Media pool, right-click the media for which you wish to view the content,
and then click View Contents.
or
From the
Media Used By Job ID
dialog box right-click the media for which you wish to view the content,
and then click View Contents.
- Click Yes in the prompt which displays that the operation may take
a few minutes.
- The
Contents of Media
dialog box displays the details of jobs available in the media.
Move a Media From One Scratch Pool to Another
Required Capability: See
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To move
a media from one scratch pool to
another:
- In the left pane of the CommCell Browser, select the scratch pool containing the
media that you want to move. The contents of the scratch pool are displayed in the right pane of the Browser.
- From the right pane of the CommCell Browser, right-click the media that you want to move, and then click
Move.
- In the
Move Media
dialog box, select the scratch pool to which you want to move the media. If it is
cleaning media, select Cleaning Media pool.
- Click OK to complete the transfer.
The selected media is reassigned to the destination scratch pool.
Move Media in Bulk From One Scratch Pool to Another
Required Capability: See
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To move
a number of unspecified media from one scratch pool to another:
- From the CommCell Browser, right-click the scratch pool from which you want to move
media (i.e., the source pool), and then click Move Media from the
short-cut menu.
- In the
Move Media
dialog box, enter the number of media to be moved in the No. of Media to be moved
field. Select the scratch pool into which you want to move the media from the Destination
Scratch Pool list.
- Click OK to complete the transfer.
The selected media is reassigned to the destination scratch pool.
Delete a Media
Required Capability:
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To delete a media
- In the CommCell Browser, right-click the media you wish to delete, and
then click Delete Media.
- Click Yes in the prompt asking you to confirm whether you wish to delete
the media.
- From the
Delete Contents and Move Media
dialog box, select the scratch pool to which you wish to move the media.
- Click OK to save the information.
The media information is deleted in the CommServe database and moved to
the specified scratch pool.
Delete the Contents of a Media
Required Capability:
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
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Caution
Extreme caution should be exercised while using this option as once deleted,
the contents of the media will not be available for data recovery operations,
nor will the system automatically force the next data protection operation to be
a full backup. Therefore, if you do delete the contents of the media, it
is recommended that after the operation is complete, you immediately run a full backup for all
the subclients
associated with the media. To retrieve a list of the subclients associated with
the media before deleting the contents, see
View the Contents of a
Media.
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To
delete the contents of a media
- In the left pane of the CommCell Browser, click the Assigned Media node.
All the assigned media are displayed in the right-pane.
- From the right pane of the CommCell Browser, right-click the media that you want to
delete the content, and then click Delete Contents.
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The Delete Contents option will be displayed only for
those media that are available in the library.
- From the Delete Contents dialog box
select the name of the scratch pool to which the media must be moved, after
the contents are deleted.
- Click OK.
- Click OK in the warning prompt to continue with the operation.
The media information is deleted from the CommServe database and the media
is moved to the specified scratch pool.
The operation is recorded in the
Audit Trail.
Erase Spare Media
To
erase spare media:
- Mark the media to be erased as described in
Mark Spare Media for Media Erase Operation.
- Run the Erase Spare Media operation. This can be done in one of the following
ways:
Discover Media from the CommCell Console
You can use the following procedure to:
- Discover all media within a library
- Discover a partial set of media within a library
Required Capability:
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To discover media within a
library:
- From the CommCell Browser, right-click the library whose media you want to discover, and
then click Discover Media.
- If one or more new media are discovered, the system displays the Discover New Media
dialog box and prompts you for media information.
- Select the hardware type of the new media from the New Media Type
list and the scratch pool to which you want the media assigned from the Destination
Scratch Pool list.
- The total number of undiscovered media available in the library is
displayed in the No. of media in Free Media Pool field. Specify the
number of media you would like to discover in the No. of media to be
discovered field.
- Click OK.
You can also discover the media from the Library and Drive
Configuration window. See
Discover Media from the Library and Drive Configuration Window
for more information.
Mark a Media Bad
Required Capability:
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To mark a media as
bad:
- In the CommCell Browser, right-click the media you wish to mark as bad,
and then click Mark Media Bad.
- Click Yes in the prompt asking you to confirm whether you wish to
mark the media bad.
The media status is changed to bad. (Media status can be viewed in
the <Media ID>
tab of the Media Properties dialog box.)
Mark a Bad Media Good
Required Capability:
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To mark a
bad media as
good:
- In the CommCell Browser, from the Retired Media Pool, right-click the bad media you wish to mark as
good,
and then click Mark Media Good.
- Click Yes in the prompt asking you to confirm whether you wish to
mark the media good.
The media status is changed to good and the media is moved to the Default Scratch pool. (Media status can be viewed in
the <Media ID>
tab of the Media Properties dialog box.)
Mark a Media Full
Required Capability:
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To mark a media as
full:
- In the CommCell Browser, from the Media in Library pool or Assigned Media
pool, right-click the active media you wish to mark as full, and then click
Mark Media Full.
or
From the
Media Used By Job ID
dialog box right-click the media you wish to mark as full,
and then click
Mark Media Full.
- Click Yes in the prompt asking you to confirm whether you wish to mark
active media full.
The media status is changed to full. (Media status can be viewed in
the <Media ID>
tab of the Media Properties dialog box.)
Mark a Media as Appendable
Required Capability:
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To mark a media as
appendable:
- In the CommCell Browser, from the Media in Library pool or Assigned Media
pool, right-click the exported media you wish to mark as appendable, and then click
Mark Appendable
or
From the
Media Used By Job ID
dialog box right-click the media you wish to mark as appendable,
and then click
Mark
Appendable.
- Click Yes in the prompt asking you to confirm whether you wish to mark
the media as appendable.
The media status is changed to Appendable with the reason
stating User marked appendable. (Media status can be viewed in
the <Media ID>
tab of the Media Properties dialog box.)
Reuse Media Marked as Appendable
Required Capability: See
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To
reuse media marked as appendable:
- From the CommCell Browser, right-click the library for which you wish to
reuse media marked as appendable, and
then click Properties.
- Click the Media tab.
- Click Use Appendable Media within n Day (s) of its last write time.
- Type the number of days that the media can be used after it was marked as
appendable.
- Click OK to save the changes.
Mark Migrated Media Reusable
Required Capability:
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To mark
media reusable:
- In the CommCell Browser, right-click the migrated media you wish to mark as
reusable.
If you wish to reuse more than one migrated media, select all
the migrated media you wish to reuse, and then right-click. Hold the Control key down to select more than one media.
- Click Mark Media Reusable.
- Click Yes in the prompt asking you to confirm whether you wish to
mark the media reusable.
- The media will be marked reusable.
Prevent an Assigned Media From Being Reused
Required Capability: See
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To
prevent an assigned media from being reused:
- In the CommCell Browser, navigate to the Assigned Media Pool. The contents of the
Assigned Media pool are displayed in the right pane of the Browser.
- From the right pane, right-click the media that you want to prevent reuse, and then click
Prevent Reuse.
Note that this option will be available only if the
media was previously NOT prevented from being reused.
- In the
Overwrite Protect Media Group Selection
dialog box, select the specific Overwrite Protect Media pool to which you want to move the media
when the media is recycled.
- Click OK to save the information.
Reuse an Assigned Media that was Prevented From Being Reused
Required Capability: See
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To Reuse an Assigned Media that was Prevented From Being Reused:
- In the CommCell Browser, navigate to the Assigned Media Pool. The contents of the
Assigned Media pool are displayed in the right pane of the Browser.
- From the right pane, right-click the media that you want to reuse, and then click
Allow Reuse.
Note that this option will be available only if the
media was previously prevented from being reused.
- In the
Scratch Media Group Selection
dialog box, select the scratch pool to which you want to move the media when
the media is recycled.
- Click OK to save the information.