Tape volumes

Tape volumes that can be used by IBM® Content Manager OnDemand must be defined. The name of the volume specified must match the name that was used when the tape volume was initialized. The instance to which the tape volume belongs must be specified, along with the capacity and media type of the volume. The media type tells Content Manager OnDemand which tape device to use. A media device library can be specified if an automated tape library is used. Leave this field blank if a tape manager other than Content Manager OnDemand (such as BRMS) is used. A tape volume can be marked full, preventing Content Manager OnDemand from writing any additional data to the volume. Content Manager OnDemand will automatically mark the volume full when it detects that the tape is full.

When you choose tape storage for your archive storage media type, you can optionally choose to stage the data back to disk for a number of days after the data has been retrieved. If the Stage to Disk when Retrieved from Tape or Cloud checkbox is selected, retrieved data is kept on disk for the specified number of days after retrieval. The Stage to disk option can increase retrieval performance significantly if you expect that archived data, once retrieved from tape storage, might be retrieved again within the specified time period. After the specified number of days passes, the data remains on disk until the first time the Archived Storage Management (ASM) process is run.