Storix Software SBAdmin User Guide - Manual (Page 155)

2. Rewind/Eject: Rewinds, then ejects the tape from the device.
3. Check if Available: Displays a message indicating whether or not the device is available and a tape is
inserted.
4. Check if Writable: Displays a message indicating whether or not the device is available, a tape is inserted
and whether or not the write-protect tab on the tape has been set.
5. Check if Currently Rewound: Displays a message indicating whether or not the tape is currently rewound,
or at beginning of media.
6. Forward to Backup: To use this option, you must also enter a backup sequence number in the field to the
right, or you may enter the word “end” to forward to the end of the backup. You may insert any volume of
the backup prior to or including the start of the backup you are forwarding to (or the last tape volume if
forwarding to the end). After forwarding to the end of the last backup on the media, may append additional
backups to the same tape and backup label.
7. Show Backup Header: Reads the backup header on the tape and displays the header information, which
includes the backup id, tape label (if any), backup date, volume number, client, job id, backup type, etc.
Note that this differs from showing the backup label since the output of this option pertains only to this tape.
Included in the display will be information showing the current position of the tape within the backup.
8. Show Block Size: Displays the current physical block size setting for the tape drive. For SBAdmin
backups, the tape block size will always be changed to 0 (variable) before a backup is performed. It will
remain set to 0 after the backup completes, since the block size must be set the same during a restore as it
was during the backup.
9. Change Tape Block Size to: You must enter a block size in the field to the right when using this option.
SBAdmin backups are always performed using a variable (0) physical block size setting. If the tape drive
block size was set to any other value by another application or the drive was reconfigured, you will need to
set the block size to 0 again before you can read a SBAdmin backup.
Perform Tape Library Operations
These options are used to perform a move operation, display an inventory of the media within a library, and to
display or set the tapes within the library to use in the next backup or restore process.
The Tape Position Number used by these options indicate the tape used by the
particular drive number, as you configured in the Random Library Configuration
screen, under
Define Drive/Tape Slots . This is NOT the library element address, but a
tape position number, starting at 1 (for drive 1) and ending with the total number of
tape slots configured.
For example, if you have a dual-drive library with 10 tapes assigned to each, the tape
slot position numbers for drive 1 would be 1-10 and the tape slot position numbers
for drive 2 would be 11-20.
Set/Reset Next Tape for Backup/Restore
SBAdmin always keeps track of the last tape that was used for a backup or restore operation. After you
physically replace the tapes in the library, it will be necessary to inform SBAdmin that it should start again
with the first tape in the stack. Also, after a backup is performed, you will need to reset the library back to
the first backup tape (if the volume was changed) before a verify or restore operation can be performed.
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