Archive:Media 4.0
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Media
Media are information carriers used for backup (tapes, disks etc.). The first window shows the media-archive containing all media prepared for use with SEP sesam.
If you right click on a column header the following options are shown:
- Label
- always "pool name + 5-digit number"'
- Barcode
- Barcode-number of the media, if available
- Write Protection
- switchable between On/Off; as long as ON is selected, Sesam does not use this media for backups
- Backup Day
- Date of the Sesam Backup day
- Last Init
- Date of the last initialization of the medium
- Locked until
- The media is not available up to this time
- EOL = EndOfLifetime = Backup day + Lockdays of the media pool
- Occupancy
- occupancy in proportion to the total storage capacity of the media (sometimes more than 100)
- Loader
- Loader that the medium is in
- Slot
- in loader, in which the current medium resides
- Cartridge Type
- Crtridge Type of the medium
- Comment
- further information
- Pool
- to which the medium belongs to
- Storage Pool
- the memory area which is/will be used
- Readability Test
- Date of the last readability check
- Read Check Message
- Result of the last readability check
- User Comment
- Here you can makes notes to individual media
The Write Protection on a medium prevents the tape from being reused and helps prevent data loss. Write Protection stays in effect until it is removed manually by the user.
The EOL Write Protection however is automatically controlled by SEP sesam.
Properties Media
- Media Pool
- Name of the media pool containing this media (uneditable)
- Storage Pool
- Name of the storage pool that's being used (uneditable)
- Write Protection
- Selection between On/Off, the media can be overwritten or not
- Backup Day
- Date of the backup day (uneditable)
- Locked until
- The media is not available up to this time Caution: Editing possible
- Drive
- Drive in which the media was last used (uneditable)
- Next Media
- Number of next cartridge (uneditable)
- Media Type
- Manufacturer identification of the media (uneditable)
- Loader
- Number of the loader in whose magazine the media is at present (uneditable)
- Slot
- Number of the slot in the loader. Attention: It's better to use an archive adjustment
- Ok
- save the changed media parameters in the database and return to the start screen
- Apply
- save of the changed media parameters in the database. Entry mask can be used for further changes
- Delete
- removes the dataset from the archive and closes the entry mask
- Cancel
- no action and return to the start screen
- Label
- Used for media identification
- Barcode
- Bar code on the media
- Occupancy
- Shows the current occupancy of the medium in percentage (uneditable)
- EOM
- End Of Medium. States if there is still space left on the medium
- Error Count
- Absolute number
- Error Delta
- Change in number of errors compared with the previous day
- Use Count
- Counts the initialisations of the tape (uneditable)
- Duplication
- Has this media been duplicated (yes/no, uneditable)
- Comment
- Additional information
- User Comment
- Make additional notes
In the view Savesets all savesets stored on the media are listed. There are all columns viewable which you can see on the backup status. You can show or hide columns by press the right mouse button on the column title and select columns you like to show or hide.
- Task
- Task name
- Date
- Start time of the backup run
- Count
- Count of the backup executions per backup-day
- Saveset
- Identification of the saveset
- Split
- Is the saveset located on one media (no) or distributed on several media (number of parts)
Select Initialization
Here a new medium is inserted into the media-archive.
- Media Pool
- Select one of the configured pools
- Drive
- Selection of drive in which the media must be initialized (depends on the selected pool)
- Media Type
- selection of media type (pre-selection depends on drive type)
- Get label from media
- use already existing label on media
- Automatically assign next number
- Sesam automatically counts up label numbers for the initialized media.
The warning Utilzation of unknown SEP sesam Media alerts the user to the fact a SEP sesam tape or medium has been entered but is not entered in the sesam database. This can happen when a tape was erased or if a tape was entered from another SEP sesam installation. Empty tapes or tapes from other programs/applications will always be overwritten. Media found in the SEP sesam database will never be overwritten.
- Accept without initialization
- Enters the media with the existing label in the sesam database. If a relevant Media Pools is not available, it will automatically create one.
- Overwrite
- Treats the media as empty and writes a new label on the tape.
- Start
- Start insertion of new media
- Cancel
- close screen, no insertion