AWS Storage Gateway User Guide
Managing Your Tape Gateway
Note
The volume status of Pass Through appears as yellow in this diagram. However, this doesn't
match the color of this status icon in the Status box of the Storage Gateway console.
Managing Your Tape Gateway
Following, you can find information about how to manage your tape gateway resources.
Topics
• Adding Virtual Tapes (p. 178)
• Archiving Virtual Tapes (p. 180)
• Moving Your Tape from Glacier to Deep Archive Storage Class (p. 180)
• Retrieving Archived Tapes (p. 181)
• Viewing Tape Usage (p. 181)
• Deleting Tapes (p. 182)
• Disabling Your Tape Gateway (p. 182)
• Understanding Tape Status (p. 183)
Adding Virtual Tapes
You can add tapes in your tape gateway when you need them. For information about how to create
tapes, see Creating Tapes (p. 82). After your tape is created, information about your tape is displayed in
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