Device details tab, Working with the libraries list (top half of page) – HP StoreOnce Backup User Manual

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Working with the Libraries list (top half of page)

The Libraries list in the top half of the page provides up to 10 columns of details.

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To sort the list according to a column, click on the column heading and select Sort Ascending
or Sort Descending.

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To hide or show columns, click on any column heading, select Columns and uncheck or check
the preferred columns.

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Users with an Admin login may also create libraries. Click Create.

See

Create a library (page 27)

for more information.

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Users with an Admin login may edit details on some of the tabs for individual libraries (not
all tabs have editable information). The relevant GUI buttons are on the tab. For example,
each Edit button shall trigger edit mode only for the current tab. When in edit mode, each
tab shall have its own Update and Cancel buttons. If a user changes tab while in edit mode
a warning dialog advises that any changes they have made will be lost.

The Delete button is on the Device Details tab only and will delete the entire library.

Table 6 Libraries parameters (top half of page)

Description

Parameter

Identifies the selected device (library). HP recommends usnig a name that identifies the
host or backup job with which it is associated.

Name

The role of the library, which may be non-replicating, replication source or replication
target.

Replication Role

The status of the library, which may be online, offline, notstarted, failed to start, stopping,
creating, or deleting.

Status

Indicates whether the library is connected. Possible values are: Connected – A client
device is connected to any device (robotics or drive) within this library. Not Connected
– No device is connected to this library.

Connection

The emulation type used by the backup software. It is selected when you create a device.

Device Type

The number of cartridges or slots available on the device, which is determined by the

Emulation types for tape device

selected when the device was created. You can reduce

Cartridges / Slots

the number of slots in the Device Details tab for a library selected on this page, but this
will only remove the highest empty slots. Once it reaches a slot number that contains
data, it will not allow you to reduce the number further on this page, even if earlier slots
are blank. You must first use the Cartridges tab to make the slot empty.

Identifies the port to which the host is connected for backup and restore. The number of
ports available in the drop-down menu depends upon the interfaces that your model
supports and your network configuration.
There is always one iSCSI port. StoreOnce 4900 and 4700 models only: there are four
Fibre Channel ports available. When creating a library you may select individual drives

Port

or Fibre Channel ports 1&2 or Fibre Channel ports 3&4. Other Fibre Channel models
have two Fibre Channel ports and the option of using Fibre Channel port 1&2. Not all
models support Fibre Channel.