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Viewing finished sessions, Responding to mount requests – HP B6960-90078 User Manual

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Monitoring, Reporting, Notifications, and the Event Log

Monitoring Sessions

Chapter 7

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The progress and status of current sessions appear in the Results
Area. You can sort the sessions by clicking the column headings in
the Results Area.

TIP

To view the details of a running session, double click the session. The
detailed monitor view of the session appears.

Viewing Finished Sessions

As soon as a session is finished or is aborted, it is no longer displayed in
the Data Protector GUI,

Monitor

context. The finished session is moved

to the

Internal Database

context.

Use the following steps to view finished sessions:

1. In the Data Protector GUI, switch to the

Internal Database

context.

If you are running the Manager-of-Managers, select

Monitor

in the

Context List, and then select a Cell Manager of your choice. From the
Tools menu, select

Database Administration

to open a new Data

Protector GUI with the

Internal Database

context selected.

2. Expand

Sessions

to display all the sessions stored in the IDB.

The sessions are sorted by date.

To view details on a specific session, double-click the session.

Responding to Mount Requests

Data Protector issues a mount request in the following cases:

• The end of the currently used medium has been reached and Data

Protector needs a free medium.

• A mail slot is open. In this case, shut the mail slot.

You respond to a mount request to confirm that the needed medium is in
a device. Use the following procedure to respond to the mount request
while monitoring the session:

1. In the Context List, select

Monitor

.