Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

Viewing tape volume details

1. In the Administration window, click Media.
2. In the left pane, select Tape Volumes.

   A list of tape volumes for the server appears in the right pane. The following table lists the information that appears for each volume.

   Table 1. Volume details

   Category	Description
   Volume Name	Name of the volume, which is the same as the name that appears on the volume label in the NetWorker Administration interface. At the end of the name, one of the following designations might appear: (A) indicates an archive volume. (R) indicates a read-only volume. (W) indicates that the volume is a write once, read many (WORM) device.
   Barcode	Barcode label for the volume, if one exists.
   Used	The amount of space currently in use on the volume, which is shown in KB, MB, or GB, as appropriate. The value of full indicates that there is no more space on the volume and the end-of-tape marker has been  reached, or that an error has occurred.
   % Used	An estimate of the percentage that is used, based on the total capacity of the volume, and on the Media type setting of the device resource. A value of 100% indicates that the value is equal to or exceeds the estimate for this volume. A value of full indicates that the volume is full and you cannot write any more data to the volume, regardless of the estimate of the volume capacity.
   Mode	Whether the volume is appendable, read-only, or recyclable: Appendable volumes contain empty space. Data that meets the acceptance criteria for the pool to which this volume belongs can be appended. Read-only volumes contain read-only save sets. No new data can be written to the volume. However, the save sets are still subject to retention settings, and the volume is recycled when the retention periods for all the save sets on the volume expire. When the mode is read-only, the Mode field appears blank. An (R) appears next to the volume name. Recyclable volumes contain save sets that have all exceeded their retention periods. You can also manually set the volume mode to full from the command prompt by using the nsrjb command with the -o option for libraries, and the nsrmm command with the -o option for stand-alone drives. When you set the volume mode to full, there is no more space for data in the volume, and the save sets have not yet exceeded the retention periods. The UNIX man pages of those commands and the NetWorker Command Reference Guide provide more information on the commands.
   Expiration	The expiration date for the volume. If the recycle policy is set to manual instead of automatic, then manual appears in this column. To change the expiration date for the volume, use the nsrmm command from the command prompt, or right-click the volume, select Recycle, and then select Manual on the Recycle dialog box.
   Pool	Name of the pool to which the volume belongs.
   Location	An administrator-defined description of a physical location of the volume.