The appliance stores status information for prepared tapes, and it uses this information to determine whether a tape is available for an archive job. The table below provides details.
Tape status |
Description |
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Empty |
The tape does not contain any data, and its entire capacity is available for an archive job. |
Occupied |
The tape contains archived data, but some space is free and the tape can be used for a a new archive job. Note: Limitations of the tape media prevent the appliance from displaying the amount of available space. |
Full |
The tape is full and not available for archive jobs unless the existing data is overwritten. |