In the Change Active Library
Controller dialog box, choose the library controller that you wish to
designate as the active library controller from the Failover Controllers
list.
In order to manually change a failover
library controller candidate as the active library controller, the
failover library controller candidate must be Alive and Enabled.
Click OK in both the Change Active Library Controller dialog
box and in the Library Properties dialog box.
The selected failover library controller is switched as the active
library controller.
The status of the library controller can be viewed in the Library
Properties (Library Controller) dialog box. Note the following:
The Active Library Controller is the MediaAgent with the Active,
Alive and Enabled status as YES, and the Soft
State as ON. (You can view the status of the library controllers
by clicking the Detail button on the Active Library Controller
or Failover Library Controller panes.)
In a library configured in the SAN environment, where several
MediaAgents are configured as library controllers, at any given
point, the MediaAgent accessing the library is considered as Active
and therefore displayed as the Active Library
Controller. All the other MediaAgents are displayed as Failover
Library Controllers. The Active status will be displayed as No
for the failover library controllers.
In a library configured in the non-SAN environment, where only one
MediaAgent is configured as a library controller, the MediaAgent is
displayed as the Active Library Controller. If either the Alive or
Enabled status is NO, or Soft State is OFF, the Active status will be
displayed as OFF and the MediaAgent will be displayed as
a Failover Library Controller.
In the 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.
To
start new media for data protection operations, when the required media is
exported:
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the library for which you wish to
start new media for data protection operations, when the required media is
exported, and
then click Properties.
To
start new media for data protection operations, when the required media is stuck:
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the library for which you wish to
start new media for data protection operations, when the required media is
stuck, and
then click Properties.
Enter the starting slot number that must be used for storing media in the
virtual mail slot in the Starts From box.
Specify whether the direction that must be used from the starting slot number.
(The options are UP and Down.)
Click OK to save the information.
To use the virtual mail slot, the VaultTracker job must have the Use Virtual
Mail Slot option enabled. You can enable this option in one of the following dialog
boxes:
Selecting the Use Virtual Mail Slots for export in source libraries
option in the Tracking Policy from the
Tracking Policy Details (Criteria) dialog box.
Selecting the Use Virtual Mail Slotsoption for a backup job,
from the Advanced Backup Options dialog box.
The MediaAgent does not support the creation of virtual mail slots for
blind libraries and libraries attached to an ACSLS server.
Enable (or Disable) Media Related Pop-Ups in the CommCell Console
To
modify the barcode and location for a media associated with a stand-alone drive
From the CommCell Browser, click on Exported Media or Assigned
Media group associated with a stand-alone drive in which the media is
available. All the media existing in the stand-alone drive are displayed on
the right-pane of the CommCell browser
Right-click the media for which
you want to modify the properties, and then click Properties.
In the Barcode/
Identifier box, type a new barcode/identifier for the media.
In the Location box, type the location in which the media
is stored.
Click OK to save the changes.
Overwrite Media with Old Data, When Spare or Appendable Media is Unavailable
From the Auto-Discovery of Media region, click Enable Auto-Discovery
of
Media into default scratch pool option. (Clear this check box to
disable this option.)
Select the default media type available in the library from the Default
Media Type list.
Note
that the media available in a library must be compatible with the drives
attached to the library.
Click OK to save the changes.
When you subsequently import media,
the
imported media is automatically moved to the default scratch pool.
To
modify the unmount time for inactive media in the drive:
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the library for which you wish to
modify the unmount time for inactive media in the drive, and
then click Properties.
From the Unmount Media from the drive after (n) Minutes/Hours of
inactivity box, type the unmount time that you wish to establish and
then choose minutes or hours.
From the Attributes region, choose the Verify access path using
Serial Number for Drive to enable this option. (Clear this check box to
disable this option.)
Click OK to save the changes.
Enable (or Disable) the Checking for Cleaning Media Loaded in the Drive
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the library for which you wish to
enable the option to automatically detect replaced drives, and
then click Properties.
From the Attributes region, choose Enable Auto Drive Replacement
when new device is detected during Mount to
enable this option. (Clear this check box to disable this option.)
Click OK to save the changes.
NOTES
This is recommended method for replacing compatible drives as it
provides a one touch solution for replacing drives.
In some cases the system may not automatically detect the new drives.
e.g., if the library does not support drive serialization, if the drive is
not replaced with a compatible drive type, if the library is attached to a
Solaris MediaAgent, etc. In such cases, use one of the following procedures
for replacing drives:
Specify the CAP ID for Importing and Exporting Media
Use the following procedure to specify the CAP ID associated with the mail
slot that will be used for importing and exporting media from the specific
MediaAgent.