Removing

The removal operation deletes the information about the backups stored on the selected tape and about the tape itself from the database.

You can only remove an offline (ejected) tape.

To remove a tape:

1. In the Navigation tree, click Tape management. If connected to the management server, select the storage node to which your tape device is attached.
2. Click the pool that contains the necessary tape, and then select the required tape.
3. Click Remove. The system prompts to confirm the operation.
4. Click OK to remove the tape.

What to do if I removed a tape by mistake?

Unlike an erased tape, the data from a removed tape is not physically deleted. Hence, you can make backups stored on such tape available again. To do so:

1. Load the tape into your tape device.
2. Perform the fast inventorying to detect the tape.

   During the inventorying, do not select the Move newly detected tapes from the 'Unrecognized tapes' or 'Imported tapes' pools to the 'Free tapes' pool check box.

3. Perform the rescanning to match the data stored on tapes with the database.