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. Click Settings > Tape management.
2. Select the machine or the storage node to which your tape device is attached, and then click Tape pools under this machine.
3. Click the pool that contains the necessary tape, and then select the required tape.
4. Click Remove. The system prompts to confirm the operation.
5. Click Remove 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 enable the Move unrecognized and imported tapes to the 'Free tapes' pool switch.

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