Cloud Storage - How To

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Configure Mount Path Allocation Policy

Modify the Mount and Unmount Timeouts for Disk Libraries

View or Modify the Device Properties for Disk Libraries with Static Mount Paths

Enable or Disable a Disk Library

Enable or Disable a Mount Path

View the Contents of a Mount Path

View the Disk Library Offline Reason

Delete the Contents of a Mount Path

Configure Multiple MediaAgents for a Cloud Storage Device

Deconfigure Multiple MediaAgents for a Cloud Storage Device

Configure Mount Path Allocation Policy

Before You Begin

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To configure space allocation for a Cloud Storage library:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the Cloud Storage mount path and then click Properties.
2. Click the Allocation Policy tab.
3. In the Space Allocation section, establish one of the following options:
   • If you prefer no space restrictions, select the No Restriction option.
   • To specify the maximum space that can be used by the mount path select the Do not consume more than n GB option and specify the space limit.
4. Click OK to save the changes.

Modify the Mount and Unmount Timeouts for Disk Libraries

Related Topic

• Configure Timeouts

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To modify the mount and unmount timeouts for disk libraries:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the disk library for which you wish to change mount and unmount timeout periods, and then click Properties.
2. In the Mount and Unmount box, type or select the timeout periods.
3. Click OK to save the changes.

View or Modify the Device Properties for Disk Libraries with Static Mount Paths

To modify the device properties for disk libraries with static mount paths:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click a mount path for which you wish to view the modify the properties, and then click Properties.
2. If necessary you can:
   • Change the Device Alias Name
   • Enable or disable the device by selecting or clearing the Device Enabled option.
3. Click OK to save the changes.

Enable or Disable the Disk Library

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To enable or disable a disk library:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the disk library that you wish to enable or disable, and then click Properties.
2. From the General tab of Library Properties, click the Enable Library option.
3. Click OK to save the changes.

Enable or Disable a Mount Path

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To enable or disable a mount path:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the mount path that you wish to enable or disable, and then click Properties.
2. From the General tab of Library Properties, click the Enable MountPath option.
3. Click OK to save the changes.

View the Contents of a Mount Path

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To view the contents of a mount path

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the mount path 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.

2. The Contents of Media dialog box displays the details of jobs available in the media.

View the Disk Library Offline Reason

To view the offline reason for a disk library:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the disk library for which you wish to view the offline reason, and then click Properties.

   Information on the disk library offline reason is displayed in the Offline Reason box.

Delete the Contents of a Mount Path

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To delete the contents of a mount path:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the mount path for which you wish to delete the contents, and then click Delete Contents.
2. Click Yes in the Warning prompt to continue.

   Click No to abort the operation.

3. In the Enter Confirmation text dialog box, type erase and reuse media and then click OK.

   Click Cancel to abort the operation.

NOTES

This operation deletes the data from the CommServe database. Note that this operation does not free-up the disk space in the mount path. A Data Aging operation must be run subsequently to free-up the disk space.

Configure Multiple MediaAgents for a Cloud Storage Device

Use the following steps to configure multiple MediaAgents for a Cloud Storage device:

1. From the CommCell Console, click the Tools menu and then click Control Panel.
2. From the Control Panel, double-click the Library & Drive Configuration.
3. From the Select MediaAgents dialog box, perform the following:
   • From the Available MediaAgents list, select the MediaAgents of same operating system type.
   • Click Add >> to move the MediaAgents to the Selected MediaAgents list box.
   • Click OK.
4. Click OK.
5. From the Library and Drive Configuration window, click the Shared Disk Device tab.
6. Expand the Device to which you want to configure multiple MediaAgents.
7. Right-click the <Mount Path> and then click Configure for All Selected MediaAgents.

   For Windows, configure all MediaAgents when the mount path is configured as UNC path and all selected MediaAgents have access to this UNC path. For Unix, ensure that the directory path to be mounted in the unconfigured MediaAgents has the same directory path as that of the configured MediaAgent.

8. Click Yes.

The device is configured with the list of selected MediaAgents.

Deconfigure Multiple MediaAgents for a Cloud Storage Device

Use the following steps to deconfigure multiple MediaAgents for a Cloud Storage Device:

1. From the CommCell Console, click the Tools menu and then click Control Panel.
2. From the Control Panel, double-click the Library & Drive Configuration.
3. From the Select MediaAgents dialog box, perform the following:
   • From the Available MediaAgents list, select the MediaAgents of same operating system type.
   • Click Add >> to move the MediaAgent(s) to the Selected MediaAgents list box.
   • Click OK.
4. Click OK.
5. From the Library and Drive Configuration window, click the Shared Disk Device tab.
6. Right-click the Device and then click Deconfigure for All Selected MediaAgents.
7. Click Yes.

The device is deconfigured with the list of selected MediaAgents.