HP StoreOnce Backup - Manual (Page 18)

Cartridges (Virtual Tape Devices)
Use this page to view and configure cartridge settings. The number of slots configured on the
Devices page for a library determines the number of cartridge rows that are available to edit on
this page.
Table 5 Cartridge parameters
The Location column identifies each element of the library that is available to hold a cartridge.
There are three types of element: Location:
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Mail slot: which is a dedicated slot that is used to hold a cartridge that is ready for
exporting to or importing from physical tape. Cartridges are moved into the mail slot by
the backup application on the host machine , but there is also a Move Cartridge drop-down
menu in Edit mode.
• Tape drive: which is populated when there is activity on a cartridge. You can also move
a cartridge into a tape drive by using the Move Cartridge drop-down menu in Edit mode.
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Slot n: which is one of the standard library slots
A barcode is an 8– or 6–digit, alphanumeric, unique identifier for a cartridge within the HP
StoreOnce Backup System. Barcodes are shared with the backup application, if requested. Barcode:
The backup application may also choose to assign its own internal identifier to the cartridge
but, if it does so, it cannot assign this identifier to the Cartridge ba code.
Barcodes are generated automatically but may be edited by the user. If you choose to edit
the barcode:
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It must be unique and must not start with the letters “CLN” or “DG” because these are
reserved designations for cleaning and diagnostic cartridges.
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It should be a minimum of 4 characters. Valid ASCII characters are A-Z, a-z, 0–9, space
and hyphen. Anything less than 8 characters will be appended with space characters.
This checkbox indicates whether the slot is included in a replication mapping configuration.
It cannot be edited from this page. Mapped Slot:
This shows the actual used capacity in MB or GB. If this is Blank, the cartridge may be
deleted using the delete icon, see below. Non-blank cartridges cannot be removed so the
Remove button will not be shown. Only Blank cartridges can be removed from the mail slot. Used Size:
This defaults to the appropriate capacity for the drive emulation type selected on the Devices
tab. This value may be changed if the Used Size is Blank, see below. The maximum value
allowed is 3200 GB. Max Size:
18 Virtual Tape Devices