AWS Storage Gateway User Guide
Using Your Tape Gateway
The tape appears in the slot you selected.
Note
Tapes that are imported include empty tapes and tapes that have been retrieved from the
archive to the gateway.
Writing Data to a Tape in Backup Exec
You write data to a tape gateway virtual tape by using the same procedure and backup policies you
do with physical tapes. For detailed information, see the Backup Exec Administrative Guide in the
documentation section in the Backup Exec software.
Archiving a Tape Using Backup Exec
When you archive a tape, tape gateway moves the tape from your gateway’s virtual tape library (VTL) to
the offline storage. You begin tape archival by exporting the tape using your Backup Exec software.
To archive your tape
1. Choose the Storage menu, choose Slots, open the context (right-click) menu for the slot you want
to export the tape from, choose Export media, and then choose Export media now. You can select
more than one slot and export multiple tapes in a single export operation.
2. In the Media Request pop-up window, choose View details, and then choose Respond OK in the
Alert: Media Intervention window.
In the AWS Storage Gateway console, you can verify the status of the tape you are archiving. It
might take some time to finish uploading data to AWS. During this time, the exported tape is listed
in the tape gateway's VTL with the status IN TRANSIT TO VTS. When the upload is completed and
the archiving process begins, the status changes to ARCHIVING. When data archiving has completed,
the exported tape is no longer listed in the VTL but is archived in GLACIER or DEEP_ARCHIVE.
3. Choose your gateway, and then choose VTL Tape Cartridges and verify that the virtual tape is no
longer listed in your gateway.
4. On the Navigation pane of the AWS Storage Gateway console, choose Tapes. Verify that your tapes
status is ARCHIVED.
Restoring Data from a Tape Archived in Backup Exec
Restoring your archived data is a two-step process.
To restore data from an archived tape
1. Retrieve the archived tape to a tape gateway. For instructions, see Retrieving Archived
Tapes (p. 181).
2. Use Backup Exec to restore the data. This process is the same as restoring data from physical tapes.
For instructions, see the Backup Exec Administrative Guide in the documentation section in the
Backup Exec software.
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