Adding tape volumes

About this task

To add tape volumes to IBM® Content Manager OnDemand:

Procedure

  1. Access IBM Navigator for i.
  2. Click Content Manager OnDemand, and verify the current instance.
  3. Click Tape Volumes and then click Add.
  4. First, specify the name of the tape volume that you want to make available to Content Manager OnDemand.
    The volume name must match the name you used when you initialized the tape volume on your IBM i server. For the system configuration example that is described previously, the name of the volume is OND001.
  5. Next, specify the total capacity of the tape volume in megabytes.
    For the example, specify a capacity of 2300 MB.
  6. For media type, use the pull down to select the correct type.
    For the example, select 8MM, and leave media device library blank.
  7. The migration policy, which will be created later, will request a tape backup. So, for this example, make the volume type Backup. If, instead, the plan was to use this tape volume for the primary archive media for some of the Content Manager OnDemand data, you would leave the volume type set to Primary. For this example, however, set the volume type to Backup.
    Make sure Tape is full is not checked.
  8. Click OK to add the tape volume to Content Manager OnDemand.