Archive Media
This feature is used for the management of the archive media. When you enter the screen, the appliance checks for the currently connected archive media. Once that check has completed, any connected archive media are displayed in the grid, showing:
- The name of the archive media.
- The archive media label.
- The media serial number(s).
- For multi-drive units, e.g., the Recovery-Archive, this will be a series of four serial numbers.
- For USB media, the serial number returned will not be seen anywhere on the media device. It is recommended that when using USB archive drives, you write the serial number shown in the Rapid Recovery Console on a label and apply it to the drive, so that you can more readily associate archives with their physical media at a later time.
- An indicator as to whether or not the media is initialized.
- An indicator as to whether or not the media is mounted.
- An indicator as to whether or the media is actively archiving (or restoring) or is idle.
- The total size of the media in GB.
- The available space on the media in GB.
At the bottom of the pane there are several buttons. These buttons become active or inactive depending upon the state of the media:
- Mount/Unmount - if the media is unmounted, click this to mount the media. If mounted, click this to unmount.
- Prepare - click this to prepare the media for archiving. If archives exist on the media, they will be removed. When you prepare media, you must fill in a label in the "Media Label" box. Labels may be a maximum of 12 alphanumeric characters or underscores. This operation is only possible if the media is unmounted.
- Sets - click this to display the sets on the media, and this operation is only possible if the media is mounted. A pop-up will show information about each set on the media, and a note indicating if these sets are currently available or not. If not, you can decide to "Import" these sets into the archive status/catalog. This may take a while, particularly for media that were written using the prior archive subsystem. This is also a useful feature if you wish to import the archives from a different appliance than the one that originally generated the archive.
There is also a "Refresh" button in the lower part of the screen, so if at any point you disconnect or reconnect archive media, you can click this button and an updated media list will be generated.